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Florida Fact Box

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Here are some facts about Florida: The southeastern U.S. state, a popular destination for retirees and tourists, was hit hard by the housing foreclosure crisis and saw home values plummet. The unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent, while the national jobless rate is 8.5 percent. The state has a population of more than 19 million […]

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China Calls for Release of Workers in Sudan, Sends Team to Secure Release

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 11:05 pm (UTC-5)
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China has lodged a formal protest with Sudan over the capture of 29 Chinese workers by rebels and dispatched a team to the African nation to help secure their release. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng summoned Sudan’s Charge d’Affaires in Beijing Tuesday and filed a complaint over local rebels’ attack on a Chinese company camp […]

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Romney Wins Florida Republican Primary

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 10:45 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech , Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic woes of the country. He promised to repeal the president’s health care reform, […]

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Romney Wins Florida Republican Primary

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech , Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic woes of the country. He promised to repeal the president’s health care reform, […]

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Romney Wins Florida Republican Primary

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech , Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic woes of the country. He promised to repeal the president’s health care reform, […]

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Romney Wins Florida Republican Primary

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech , Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic woes of the country. He promised to repeal the president’s health care reform, […]

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Romney Wins Florida Republican Primary

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost for his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech , Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic woes of the country. He promised to repeal the president’s health care reform, […]

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UN Humanitarian Official to Visit South Sudan

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
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The United Nations is sending a senior official for humanitarian affairs on a mission to South Sudan. In a statement Tuesday, the world body announced that Valerie Amos, U.N. Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, will visit Central Equatoria and Jonglei states from Wednesday to Friday. The statement says during her mission […]

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China Calls for Release of Workers in Sudan, Sends Team to Secure Release

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
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China has lodged a formal protest with Sudan over the capture of 29 Chinese workers by rebels and dispatched a team to the African nation to help secure their release. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Hangsheng summoned Sudan’s Charge d’Affaires in Beijing Tuesday and filed a complaint over local rebels’ attack on a Chinese company camp […]

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Facebook to File IPO Paperwork Wednesday

Posted January 31st, 2012 at 8:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Economic news reports say social networking site Facebook will seek to raise as much as $5 billion in its initial public offering of stocks, which would place it among the world’s largest IPOs. The online company is expected Wednesday to file paperwork for its initial stock offering, one of the mostly hotly anticipated financial events […]

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