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Eurozone finance ministers named Italy's Mario Draghi on Monday as their chosen successor to head the European Central Bank come October.

Is it worth life in a wheelchair to take a funny photo to impress somebody you don't know on the Internet?

US director Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" finally got to Cannes on Monday.

The storm over the IMF chief's sex assault case threw a giant cloud Monday over a European finance ministers' meeting.

Michael Phelps beat Ryan Lochte in the 200m backstroke to leave the Charlotte UltraSwim long course Grand Prix with one victory.

President Barack Obama warned the United States risked plunging back into recession if a standoff over the US debt ceiling lingers.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn vowed to fight charges of assaulting a hotel chambermaid.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said accelerating troop withdrawals from Afghanistan would be "premature."

Israeli gunfire killed 12 people and wounded hundreds as Palestinians marched on Israel's borders with Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.

A French movie about a fallen Hollywood silent-movie star came out of nowhere to become a strong contender for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Johnny Depp swung back into his iconic Captain Jack Sparrow role at the Cannes premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides".

U.S. officials welcomed visitors to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea.

IMF's leader was was being questioned by police in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said the firm's move to transfer ownership of its online payment unit was "legal and 100 percent transparent".

Libyans buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega.

Pakistan lawmakers insisted Saturday there must be no repeat of the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden and said drone strikes targeting terrorists near the border with Afghanistan must end.

Manchester United won a record 19th English title after a 1-1 draw away to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Moamer Kadhafi declared in an audio message that he was beyond the reach of NATO bombs.

Vietnam will send official candidates to take part in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant in Brazil.