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The leader of Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy party, set to win most seats in a general election, says he wants to form a government as soon as possible.Antonis Samaras said Greeks had voted to stay in the euro, and called... more

Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. It is opposed to the US Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) being debated by... more

Greece will hold a referendum on a new European Union aid package intended to resolve the country's debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou says. European Union leaders agreed on a 100bn-euro loan (£86bn; $140bn)... more

Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's Shia radical leader, has ordered his followers not to attack US troops before the completion of their pullout from the country, which is scheduled by the end of the year. Commemorative events were held in the US... more

U.S. officials are investigating a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb in Washington or New York City around Sunday's 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and suspended all military co-operation between the countries ahead of the anticipated official release of a United Nations report on Israel's deadly raid of a Gaza-bound ship. The Libyan... more

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi who was reported captured by Libyan opposition forces on Sunday ,made a defiant public appearance in Tripoli. "I am here to refute the lies ". "We broke the back of the rebels. It was a trap. We gave them a hard... more