The first voting in the race for the U.S. presidency is kicking off Tuesday in the state of Iowa, where Republicans hold party caucuses to choose the candidate they want to challenge President Barack Obama. Residents will brave the winter cold to cast their votes in churches, schools, libraries and other meeting places. They will […]
Republican Candidates Ready for Vote in Iowa
Posted January 3rd, 2012 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Republican Presidential Contenders Facing First Test in Iowa
Posted January 3rd, 2012 at 4:50 am (UTC-5)
Republican voters in the U.S. state of Iowa will hold party caucuses Tuesday in the first step in choosing a candidate that will challenge President Barack Obama in the November election. Voters will gather in churches, school houses and other meeting places to cast their vote. The latest voter surveys indicate that former Massachusetts governor […]
Malaysian Police Threaten ‘Stern Action’ Against Protest for Anwar
Posted January 3rd, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Malaysian police are warning activists not to participate in an upcoming rally in support of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Opposition activists are calling for a large protest in front of the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Monday, where a judge is expected to deliver a verdict in Anwar’s nearly two-year-long sodomy trial. But Kuala Lumpur […]
US: Republican Presidential Contenders Facing First Test in Iowa
Posted January 2nd, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
With only one day of campaigning left before the first event of the U.S. presidential election process, Republican candidates are making last-minute pitches in the central state of Iowa. On Tuesday, Iowa Republicans will hold party caucuses – meetings at which they will vote for their favorite candidates. The latest voter surveys indicate that former […]
US: Republican Presidential Contenders Facing First Test in Iowa
Posted January 2nd, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential contenders are making last-minute campaign pitches in the central state of Iowa before Tuesday’s first electoral test to pick a nominee for next November’s national election. Voters in Iowa often do not crown the eventual presidential nominees for either Republicans or Democrats. But its first-in-the-nation caucuses can serve as a launchpad for […]
Cameron: Britain Will Get Up to Strength in 2012
Posted January 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron sent an optimistic New Year’s message for Britain, citing London’s Summer Olympics and Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, celebrating the 60th year of her reign. Mr. Cameron said Monday that while economic times are difficult, these events will focus the eyes of the world on the country, that 2012 “will be […]
Fiji Announces Lifting of State of Emergency
Posted January 2nd, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
Fiji’s military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama said Monday that he will lift a two-year state of emergency next Saturday and begin a process of drafting a new constitution leading to new elections in 2014. In his New Year’s message, Mr. Bainimarama stressed that public order would be maintained and that he would soon announce nationwide consultations […]
Republican Candidates Campaigning Hard Before Iowa Test
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 9:40 pm (UTC-5)
Republican candidates hoping to win the White House in November have just one more full day of campaigning before Tuesday’s Iowa caucus — the first major test of the 2012 presidential election. A poll by the state’s most prominent newspaper, the Des Moines Register, makes it hard for experts to predict a winner. The newspaper […]
Republican Candidates Campaigning Hard Before Iowa Test
Posted January 1st, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: APTN/ABCN1 feed attached below. Shotlist in asset manager TYPE: CN )) Republican presidential candidates are spending the first day of 2012 campaigning hard for support, two days before the first big test in this year’s presidential election. In one of the most volatile campaigns in decades, new opinion polls show rapidly shifting support for […]
Romney Leads Iowa Poll 2 Days Before Caucus
Posted December 31st, 2011 at 11:25 pm (UTC-5)
Mitt Romney is the Republican Party front-runner in Iowa in the final days before the first voting leading up to the 2012 U.S. presidential election, leading Ron Paul by two points. The Des Moines Register poll out Saturday gave the former Massachusetts governor 24 percent support to 22 percent for libertarian U.S. Representative Paul. Social […]
