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- Romney pivots to fall, doubts linger in GOP right
- Panel chides Vitter for violating public trust
- Judge says groups can't shield campaign donors
- Switzerland seeks arrest of German tax collectors
- Panel chides Vitter for violating public trust
- Humor can help candidates; but it can backfire
- Clinton: "regret" over closure of U.S.-backed group in Dubai
- Gunmen kill two outside Miami funeral of shooting victim
- I won't be "unrealistic" in U.S. race: Santorum
- One person killed in Kenyan coast explosions
- Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack
- In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate
- Obama postpones many issues until elections
- For Santorum, Ryan Becomes 'Some Other Wisconsinite' After Endorsing Romney
- Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of border attacks
- NRA Pushed for 'Stand Your Ground' Laws
- Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case
- Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West
- Mali army deserts Gao bases: sources
- Humor can help candidates; ouch when it doesn't
- Romney pivots to fall, doubts linger in GOP right
- Support for Greek socialists rises ahead of election
- Hungarians rally as pressure rises on president to quit
- Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran
- Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery?
- Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery?
- Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday at pope's request
- Dutch minister says to follow IMF on aid to Greece
- Grenade attacks in, near Kenya's Mombasa injure 15: media
- Former Iran negotiator says nuclear deal possible
- Italy's Monti seeks Chinese investment, says reforms working
- Qaeda-linked militants kill at least 20 Yemeni soldiers
- Libya says 147 dead in week of southern tribal clashes
| Romney pivots to fall, doubts linger in GOP right Posted:
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| Panel chides Vitter for violating public trust Posted: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on track for pay raise that would have brought his salary on par with other Cabinet secretaries, until Sen. David Vitter gave him a quota. Until Salazar each month approved six new deep-water permits to allow exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Vitter would block the raise. |
| Judge says groups can't shield campaign donors Posted: The Federal Election Commission overstepped its bounds in allowing groups that fund certain election ads to keep their financiers anonymous, a federal judge has ruled. |
| Switzerland seeks arrest of German tax collectors Posted: BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland has issued arrest warrants for three German civil servants, accusing them of industrial espionage for buying the bank details of German tax evaders, the finance ministry of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) said on Saturday. In the latest chapter of an ugly dispute over tax evasion that has strained ties between the two neighbors, a spokeswoman for the ministry confirmed a report about the arrest warrants due to appear in Sunday's Bild am Sonntag newspaper. ... |
| Panel chides Vitter for violating public trust Posted: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was on track for pay raise that would have brought his salary on par with other Cabinet secretaries, until Sen. David Vitter gave him a quota. Until Salazar each month approved six new deep-water permits to allow exploratory oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Vitter would block the raise. |
| Humor can help candidates; but it can backfire Posted:
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| Clinton: "regret" over closure of U.S.-backed group in Dubai Posted: RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday raised concerns over a move by the United Arab Emirates, a key U.S. ally in the Gulf, to shut down a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group. "We very much regret it," Clinton said after a meeting in Riyadh with foreign ministers from Gulf States, referring to the closure of the Dubai office of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which was also the subject of a crackdown in Egypt. Clinton said she discussed the issue with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan. ... |
| Gunmen kill two outside Miami funeral of shooting victim Posted: MIAMI (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on mourners outside a Miami funeral home, killing two people and injuring 12, including a young girl, police said on Saturday. The gunmen escaped after firing from a car into a crowd of mourners who had gathered on Friday night for the funeral of a 21-year-old man, who was himself the victim of a deadly shooting. "I was on my way out of the chapel when I heard the shots," the pastor who officiated at the service, A.D. Lenoir, told The Miami Herald. "I told people to look for cover. It was chaos. ... |
| I won't be "unrealistic" in U.S. race: Santorum Posted:
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| One person killed in Kenyan coast explosions Posted:
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| Mali army abandons northern town after rebel attack Posted:
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| In U-turn, Egypt's Brotherhood names presidential candidate Posted:
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| Obama postpones many issues until elections Posted:
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| For Santorum, Ryan Becomes 'Some Other Wisconsinite' After Endorsing Romney Posted: After heaping praise on the Rep. Paul Ryan throughout the past week, Rick Santorum suddenly turned cold on him after the Wisconsin congressman endorsed his rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney. During an appearance at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Pewaukee,Wis., today,... |
| Sudan and South Sudan accuse each other of border attacks Posted: JUBA/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan and South Sudan have accused each of launching further attacks in the oil-producing area straddling their border, dashing hopes for a new round of talks designed to end the dispute. Clashes first broke out on Monday in the worst direct confrontation between the two since South Sudan became independent in July 2011 but died down two days later when South Sudanese troops moved out of the disputed Heglig area, inside Sudan. But on Friday Sudan launched an aerial bombardment on South Sudanese army border positions, according to South Sudan's army. ... |
| NRA Pushed for 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Posted: Do a quick search for "Stand Your Ground" on the National Rifle Association's website and the first video result features the story of a Florida man exonerated of murder charges in January 2012 under the State's "Stand Your Ground" law. That video's segment is titled "Hero... |
| Marchers again demand arrest in Trayvon Martin case Posted:
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| Dead wolf photos stir tensions in West Posted: SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Photos of dead and maimed wolves have pervaded the Internet in recent weeks, raising tensions in the Northern Rocky Mountains over renewed hunting and trapping of the once federally protected animals. Escalating rancor between hunters and animal rights activists on social media and websites centers on pictures of wolves killed or about to be killed. Many have text celebrating the fact that Western states are allowing more killing of the predators. ... |
| Mali army deserts Gao bases: sources Posted: GAO/BAMAKO (Reuters) - Soldiers in the Malian army deserted the main military bases around the key northern town of Gao on Saturday after a rebel assault, military and civilian sources said. One civilian source said rebels already occupied the two main bases around the town while another source just one of the two camps was now under rebel control. A Reuters reporter in Gao said there was no fighting in the town itself. (Reporting by Cheick Dioura and Tiemoko Diallo; writing by Mark John) |
| Humor can help candidates; ouch when it doesn't Posted:
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| Romney pivots to fall, doubts linger in GOP right Posted:
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| Support for Greek socialists rises ahead of election Posted:
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| Hungarians rally as pressure rises on president to quit Posted:
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| Clinton: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran Posted:
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| Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Posted:
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| Who are the lucky 3 to share record $656 million U.S. lottery? Posted: ATLANTA (Reuters) - Three lucky ticket-holders in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland will share the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history of $656 million, after about 1.5 billion $1 tickets were sold, lottery officials said on Saturday. At least two of the winners' tickets were "quick picks" - meaning all six numbers of the Mega Millions lottery computer picked the winning numbers announced at the drawing Friday night in Atlanta: 2-4-23-38-46 and Mega Ball 23. ... |
| Cuba declares Good Friday a holiday at pope's request Posted:
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| Dutch minister says to follow IMF on aid to Greece Posted: ATHENS (Reuters) - The Netherlands will not give its share of bailout funds to Greece if the International Monetary Fund deems Athens has failed to keep its pledges and withholds its next tranche of aid, the Dutch finance minister said in a newspaper interview. The minister, who took a hard line during negotiations on Greece's second, 130 billion euro ($173 billion) bailout earlier this year, has in the past warned the programme remains fraught with risk and that its success depends on Athens' ability to push through reform. ... |
| Grenade attacks in, near Kenya's Mombasa injure 15: media Posted: NAIROBI (Reuters) - Five people were injured in a grenade attack at a packed restaurant in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday, media and a police source said, after an earlier explosion near the city injured 10 others. Media and the police source said the first blast was also thought to be a grenade which went off at a religious meeting in Mtwapa, outside Mombasa, but there was no official confirmation. "One hand grenade was thrown into a pub and restaurant opposite the stadium. ... |
| Former Iran negotiator says nuclear deal possible Posted:
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| Italy's Monti seeks Chinese investment, says reforms working Posted:
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| Qaeda-linked militants kill at least 20 Yemeni soldiers Posted: ADEN (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed a military checkpoint in southern Yemen early on Saturday, killing at least 20 soldiers, a senior military official said, the latest in a spate of attacks claimed by an al Qaeda-linked group. Local officials said heavy fighting broke out between the militants and army reinforcements sent from the port city of Aden to retake the checkpoint, located on the road linking the southern provinces of Lahej and Abyan, which was still closed off on Saturday evening. ... |
| Libya says 147 dead in week of southern tribal clashes Posted:
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