
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:33:39Z
A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the anniversary of a tornado that ripped the city in half. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:01:23Z
The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:13:54Z
Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions that Tehran has secretly worked on developing nuclear arms, the U.N. nuclear chief said Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:07:34Z
The future heir to the Swedish throne has been baptized amid pomp and pageantry in the chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:15:23Z
North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day after a senior U.S. envoy warned the North that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:22:22Z
Organizers say the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum has found a home in midtown Manhattan. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:17:56Z
Six Somalis have gone on trial in a Paris court for their alleged roles in a 2008 attack on the luxury yacht "Le Ponant" that ended with the release of 30 hostages and payment of a $2.5 million ransom. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:24:30Z
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power. Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanised last year's demonstrations that in just 18 days snuffed out President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. Like many of them, he feels the struggle is unfinished. "Any president who comes with Egypt's military dictatorship still in place means nothing. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:32:12Z
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