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- Obama plunges into campaign, tears into Romney
- GOP rival hopes to end Indiana Sen. Lugar's career
- U.S. Libertarians nominate ex-Governor Gary Johnson for president
- Obama plunges into campaign, tears into Romney
- Hollande favorite as French prepare for Sunday vote
- 9/11 suspects defiant at Guantanamo arraignment
- France's Sarkozy cuts Hollande poll lead to four points
- Factbox: France's voters pick president, then parliament
- Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past
- After GOP race, Gary Johnson wins Libertarian nod
- President Obama Hits Romney Directly at First Re-election Rally
- Statoil to drill with Rosneft on Russian shelf
- Netanyahu is mistaken on Iran, says election rival
- Obama shifts to campaign mode, tears into Romney
- Bahrain says home-made bomb wounds four policemen
- Carter as Romney's Foil: A Stale Analogy?
- Libyan leader says doctors have told him to rest
- Putin says ready to "go far" in U.S. relations: Ifax
- APNewsBreak: Bill Clinton opposes NC amendment
- Europe must balance austerity with growth: EU's Rehn
- Democrats could gain if Indiana's Lugar loses U.S. Senate seat
- Sudan says South Sudan troops inside its territory
- Gunmen in army uniform execute five in east Nigeria
- After GOP race, Gary Johnson seeks Libertarian nod
- Leading Iraqi lawmakers threaten vote of no confidence
- Oops, President Obama Forgets the First Lady
- Race, religion collide in presidential campaign
- Anxious Hollande tries to relax ahead of French vote
- Obama Tries to Reignite Fire of 2008
- FCC rejects Liberty Media bid for Sirius XM control
- U.N. monitors find tanks, resentful residents in Syria town
- Clinton "bets on Bangladesh" despite turmoil
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| U.S. Libertarians nominate ex-Governor Gary Johnson for president Posted:
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| Obama plunges into campaign, tears into Romney Posted:
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| Hollande favorite as French prepare for Sunday vote Posted:
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| 9/11 suspects defiant at Guantanamo arraignment Posted:
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| France's Sarkozy cuts Hollande poll lead to four points Posted: PARIS (Reuters) - An opinion poll on Friday suggested French President Nicolas Sarkozy has cut his Socialist rival Francois Hollande's lead to just four percentage points ahead of Sunday's decisive second-round vote, the narrowest gap to date. The daily survey by pollster Ifop-Fiducial had Hollande, who has led in the polls for months, losing one percentage point to stand at 52 percent of those intending to vote, while Sarkozy rose to 48. ... |
| Factbox: France's voters pick president, then parliament Posted: PARIS (Reuters) - France's 46.03 million voters cast ballots on Sunday in a presidential election where all opinion polls point to a victory for Socialist Francois Hollande over conservative re-election contender Nicolas Sarkozy. A parliamentary election follows on June 10 and 17. Following are some facts about the electoral system: THE SYSTEM The French directly elect their president and members of the National Assembly, the 577-seat lower house of parliament, every five years. The system allows for two rounds of voting. ... |
| Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past Posted:
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| After GOP race, Gary Johnson wins Libertarian nod Posted: Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is campaigning to win the White House as a Libertarian after receiving scant attention in the Republican presidential race. |
| President Obama Hits Romney Directly at First Re-election Rally Posted: COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Obama kicked off his re-election campaign rally today before a sea of Ohioans holding blue "Forward" signs at The Ohio State University. Standing casually in shirtsleeves, the president for the first time drew direct contrasts between himself and the presumptive Republican... |
| Statoil to drill with Rosneft on Russian shelf Posted:
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| Netanyahu is mistaken on Iran, says election rival Posted:
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| Obama shifts to campaign mode, tears into Romney Posted:
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| Bahrain says home-made bomb wounds four policemen Posted:
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| Carter as Romney's Foil: A Stale Analogy? Posted: When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wanted to prove that he would have displayed the same steely resolve as President Obama in making the decision to kill terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, he needed utter only eight words to evoke memories of a Democrat who struggled mightily with foreign policy. |
| Libyan leader says doctors have told him to rest Posted:
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| Putin says ready to "go far" in U.S. relations: Ifax Posted:
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| APNewsBreak: Bill Clinton opposes NC amendment Posted: Former President Bill Clinton has recorded an audio advertisement opposing North Carolina's proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. |
| Europe must balance austerity with growth: EU's Rehn Posted: BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe needs to balance cutting its debt with measures to stimulate growth, the region's top economics official said on Saturday, as austerity threatens to drag the bloc into its second recession in three years. During the financial crisis, the message from Brussels has been that struggling euro zone countries must cut their budget deficits and carry out structural reforms to increase competitiveness. ... |
| Democrats could gain if Indiana's Lugar loses U.S. Senate seat Posted: (Reuters) - The last time Republican Senate veteran Richard Lugar stood for election, in 2006, he was so respected that the Democrats did not bother to run against him and he won his Indiana seat with 87 percent of the vote. But now Lugar, 80, is faltering under a conservative challenge from within his own party in Tuesday's Indiana Republican primary. That is giving Democrats, struggling to keep control of the U.S. Senate in November's elections, a glimmer of hope of winning the U.S. Senate seat Lugar has held for 36 years. ... |
| Sudan says South Sudan troops inside its territory Posted: KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army accused South Sudan on Saturday of having troops on its territory, a sign tensions between the former civil war foes were unlikely to cool despite an international ultimatum to end fighting. Sudanese army spokesman al-Sawarmi Khalid said the military would abide by a U.N.-backed African Union call to halt hostilities, in an effort to end weeks of border fighting that has threatened to escalate into a full-blown war. But Khalid said the army had a right to defend its territory from foreign troops. "We have committed to (the decision). ... |
| Gunmen in army uniform execute five in east Nigeria Posted: MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Gunmen in military uniform abducted five people in eastern Nigeria, tied their hands and shot them dead, police said on Saturday. The attack overnight took place in Dananaca village, Taraba state, which is usually peaceful but which suffered a bombing at the hands of Islamist militants last week. "The police are still investigating to ascertain if the people are real soldiers and from which unit," police spokesman for Taraba state Ibiam Mbaseki told Reuters by telephone. ... |
| After GOP race, Gary Johnson seeks Libertarian nod Posted: After receiving scant attention in the Republican presidential race, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is hoping to run on the Libertarian ticket. |
| Leading Iraqi lawmakers threaten vote of no confidence Posted: BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Four of the most senior political leaders in Iraq's fragile coalition have threatened to bring a vote of no confidence in the government unless "autocratic decision-making" stops, a letter published in a state newspaper on Saturday said. Iraq's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurd coalition began to creak in December, after U.S. troops left, when the government tried to remove Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq and issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi. ... |
| Oops, President Obama Forgets the First Lady Posted: President Obama appears eager to hit the trail on his first "official" day of campaigning. Shortly after landing in Columbus, Ohio, for his first rally, Obama walked off Air Force One under gray skies, ready to descend the stairs and greet some grassroots supporters. But... |
| Race, religion collide in presidential campaign Posted:
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| Anxious Hollande tries to relax ahead of French vote Posted:
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| Obama Tries to Reignite Fire of 2008 Posted: In the first of two campaign kick-off speeches today, President Obama told an enthusiastic crowd at Ohio State University that the election is a choice between "moving forward" and a return to the Republican policies that led to the most serious recession most Americans have known in their lifetimes.To turn the White House over to Republican challenger Mitt Romney now, Obama said, would be to return to economic policies favoring tax cuts for the wealthy over the middle class and the loose regulatory environment that led to widespread abuses on Wall Street and near financial disaster. ... |
| FCC rejects Liberty Media bid for Sirius XM control Posted: (Reuters) - A federal regulator dismissed John Malone's Liberty Media Corp's application to take control of Sirius XM Radio Inc with its current stake of 40 percent. Friday's decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission came after Liberty Media, Sirius XM's largest shareholder, in March requested approval to take over the company's operating licenses, arguing that it had de facto control of Sirius XM with its large stake and board seats. ... |
| U.N. monitors find tanks, resentful residents in Syria town Posted: DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) - United Nations ceasefire monitors, in the Syrian town of Douma on Saturday, saw that the army had not withdrawn tanks in line with a truce agreement and were confronted by residents who complained that the U.N. observers were just "watching us die". A Reuters team that accompanied a two-car U.N. convoy saw checkpoints on every street corner and a heavy army presence in Douma, at one time known as a stronghold for the armed opposition but now back under government control. ... |
| Clinton "bets on Bangladesh" despite turmoil Posted:
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