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Romney Expected to Win Three States, Lugar Loses Bid to Run for Re-Election

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win primary elections in three more states Tuesday, as he moves closer to becoming the party nominee who will run against President Barack Obama in November. Romney needs to win less than 300 delegates to reach the 1,144 required to clinch his party’s nomination to face […]

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Romney Expected to Win Three States, Lugar Loses Bid to Run for Re-Election

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win primary elections in three more states Tuesday, as he moves closer to becoming the party nominee who will run against President Barack Obama in November. Romney needs to win less than 300 delegates to reach the 1,144 required to clinch his party’s nomination to face […]

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Romney Expected to Win Three States, Lugar Loses Bid to Run for Re-Election

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 8:45 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win primary elections in three more states Tuesday, as he moves closer to becoming the party nominee who will run against President Barack Obama in November. Romney needs to win less than 300 delegates to reach the 1,144 required to clinch the Republican Party nomination to […]

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Al-Qaida Bomber Was ‘Double Agent’

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. media reports say a man sent by al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner was actually a double agent working for the United States, who infiltrated the terror network and volunteered to carry out the suicide attack. Unidentified American and foreign intelligence officials provided details of the bomb plot. They told […]

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British Court Convicts 9 Muslim Men for Child Sex Ring

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
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A Liverpool court has convicted nine members of Britain’s Pakistani and Afghan community in Manchester of running a child sex ring involving girls as young as 13. Prosecutors say the men supplied vulnerable teens with drugs and alcohol and “passed them around” for sex. Prosecutors say no child should be exploited the way these young […]

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Envoy: Syrian Troops Intensify Mass Arrests

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
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International envoy Kofi Annan says that Syrian troops appear to be intensifying mass arrests and torture in rebellious communities. Diplomats say Mr. Annan made the comments on Tuesday in a closed briefing to the U.N. Security Council via video conference from Geneva. He later told reporters that the United Nations cannot allow Syria to descend […]

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Obama Urges ‘Bold Action’ on Economic Proposals

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to take “bold action” on an election year list of economic proposals aimed at promoting job creation and helping families refinance their mortgages. President Obama announced the “to do” list of items Tuesday as he addressed students at a college in Albany, New York. The measures he wants […]

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Armenian Opposition to Ask Court to Throw Out Election Results

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Armenia’s main opposition party says it will ask the country’s top court to throw out the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election, alleging fraud. The Armenian National Congress, led by former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, won seven seats in the 131-seat parliament. The ruling Republican Party won 68 seats. ANC accuses the Republicans of vote buying, pressuring […]

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US Ambassador to Pakistan to Step Down

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter is to step down later this summer after serving almost two years in the diplomatic post. A U.S. official said Tuesday that Munster had been considering to stay for another year but decided to move on. The official denied speculations that the move was related to a poor relationship […]

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Militia Protesters Launch Raid on Libyan PM’s Compound

Posted May 8th, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Libyan militiamen attempted to storm the office of the prime minister in the capital, Tripoli, triggering a gunbattle that left one person dead and four injured. A government spokesman says a small group of militiamen descended on the office Tuesday morning in a protest to demand payment for former anti-Gadhafi fighters. The protest later swelled […]

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