News 1st Look: Attacks continue on eve of Fla. primary

Monday, January 30, 2012

Attacks continue on eve of Fla. primary

Attacks continue on eve of Fla. primary
Florida insiders: Romney stepping up
U.N. to mull call for al-Assad to quit
Iraqi VP predicts sectarian violence
Afghan officials, Taliban may hold talks
Pardoned murderer found in Wyoming
Delta flight slides off runway in Detroit

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:57 PM PST

With a healthy lead in the polls the day before the Florida primary, Mitt Romney is depicting Newt Gingrich as increasingly desperate in the GOP race.

Florida insiders: Romney stepping up

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 01:10 PM PST

As the Republican presidential campaign heads toward a critical showdown in the Florida primary, Mitt Romney is poised to score a victory over Newt Gingrich, according to a CNN survey of Sunshine State GOP political insiders.

U.N. to mull call for al-Assad to quit

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:01 PM PST

The violence came as the U.N. Security Council planned to take up a draft resolution that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power.

Iraqi VP predicts sectarian violence

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 04:53 PM PST

Tariq al-Hashimi, wanted on charges of running a death squad, lashed out at Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and predicted violence that could require U.S. forces to return.

Afghan officials, Taliban may hold talks

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:00 AM PST

The Afghan government hopes to hold talks with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, according to a senior Afghan official, in a move that threatens to cloud already delicate and fragile steps to negotiate an end to the United States' longest war.

Pardoned murderer found in Wyoming

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 05:37 PM PST

A convicted murderer who was pardoned this month in a controversial move by outgoing Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has been found in Wyoming, officials said.