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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama issued an unprecedented videotaped appeal to Iran on Friday offering a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement to turn the page on decades of U.S. policy toward America's longtime foe. -...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama issued an unprecedented videotaped appeal to Iran on Friday offering a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement to turn the page on decades of U.S. policy toward America's longtime foe. -...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly passed a bill on Thursday to recoup controversial bonuses paid to American International Group Inc as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tried to calm the furor by taking...

WASHINGTON/LONDON - A surprise injection of an extra $1 trillion into the U.S. economy by the Federal Reserve lifted stocks worldwide and revived hopes for an improvement in the global financial system. - - -...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve said it will buy government debt for the first time since the 1960s as part of an extra $1 trillion injection into the ailing economy, buoying government bonds and...

WASHINGTON - The head of AIG said on Wednesday he was trying desperately to prevent the company from collapsing when he allowed the payment of $165 million in bonuses that have stoked outrage stretching from...

ST POELTEN, Austria - An Austrian who fathered seven children with a daughter he locked in a cellar for 24 years pleaded guilty to murder and enslavement on Wednesday, reversing an innocent plea on the...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said taxpayer bailout recipient AIG would be forced to pay the government to compensate taxpayers for $165 million in employee bonuses as a condition for receiving...

WASHINGTON - Outraged U.S. lawmakers moved on Tuesday toward slapping a heavy tax on millions of dollars in executive bonuses at bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. - - - - NEW YORK - The...

WASHINGTON/MANNHEIM - The U.S. housing market, whose collapse led to the current world economic downturn, showed unexpected signs of life on Tuesday, while slightly improved German investor sentiment also fuelled some optimism. - - -...