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Obama, Romney Race to Close Election Finish

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 11:20 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are crisscrossing America ahead of Tuesday’s election, with campaign stops in several key states where they are virtually tied. President Obama on Sunday made visits to New Hampshire, Florida and Ohio before ending the day close to midnight at a rally in Colorado. In Florida, the […]

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Obama, Romney Race to Close Election Finish

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are crisscrossing America two days before the election, with campaign stops in several key states where they are virtually tied. At his first event Sunday, President Obama visited voters in New Hampshire and said that after four years as president, he still represents true change in […]

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Syrian Opposition in Key Qatar Meeting to Unify Ranks

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Syria’s fractured opposition factions began key talks aimed at forming a united front to gain international recognition and bolster their chances to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The first four days of meetings in the Qatari capital, Doha, are focused on transforming the Syrian National Council, the largest opposition group outside Syria, into a representative government-in-exile. […]

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Obama, Romney Race to Close Election Finish

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are crisscrossing America two days before the election with campaign stops in several key states where they are virtually tied. At his first event Sunday, President Obama visited voters in New Hampshire and said that after four years as president, he still represents true change in […]

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Tibetan Artist Sets Himself on Fire in China – Reports

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
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A Tibetan artist has died after setting himself on fire in the latest self-immolation to protest Chinese rule, and residents are said to be afraid to leave their homes because large numbers of security forces are in the area. The Tibetan government-in-exile and activist groups said the man set fire to himself Sunday in Tongren, […]

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Syrian Opposition in Key Qatar Meeting to Unify Ranks

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
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Syria’s fractured opposition factions began key talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, Sunday aimed at forming a united front to gain international recognition and bolster their chances to oust President Bashar al-Assad. The first four days of meetings are focused on transforming the Syrian National Council, the largest opposition grouping outside Syria, into a representative […]

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Obama, Romney Race to Close Election Finish

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are criss-crossing America two days before the election with campaign stops in several key states where they are virtually tied. President Obama is starting his Sunday with a morning event in New Hampshire. He then travels south to Florida, before heading northwest to Ohio and ending […]

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Grenade Blast Causes Casualties at Kenyan Church

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Officials in eastern Kenya say a grenade attack on a church Sunday killed one person and wounded 13 others, some seriously. The attack in the town of Garissa took place at a church inside a police compound. Authorities say one policeman died after the attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Kenyan authorities are […]

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Egypt’s Coptics Choose New Pope

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
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Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church has chosen a new pope. Bishop Tawadros became the new head the church early Sunday when a blindfolded boy picked his name from a transparent container in a ceremony at Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral. Bishop Tawadros, who is 60 years old, succeeds Pope Shenouda the Third who died in March at the […]

Blast Damages Libyan Police Station

Posted November 4th, 2012 at 7:50 am (UTC-5)
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Libyan officials say a car bomb has exploded near a police station in the country’s second largest city, wounding three people. Authorities say the blast Sunday in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi heavily damaged the front of the police station. In September, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans died in an attack on […]

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