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New Hampshire Primary Under Way; Referendum on Romney

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Republican front-runner and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is trying to fend off attacks from his Republican rivals as voters across New Hampshire cast ballots in that state’s presidential primary. Many political analysts expect Romney to win New Hampshire’s Republican primary, but they say a strong second- or third-place finish could help keep some of […]

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Anger Swells as Nigerians Strike Over Fuel Prices

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Anger swept across Nigeria Tuesday as huge crowds gathered to protest soaring fuel prices and corruption during the second day of a nationwide strike. Police in the main commercial city of Lagos watched as thousands of people chanted anti-government slogans while smoke from burning tires rose to the sky. Angry youths had set the fires […]

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US: Romney’s Investment Firm Tenure Plays a Starring Role

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
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A private U.S. investment corporation few Americans know much about has gained an unlikely starring role in the early stages of the country’s 2012 presidential election campaign. Mitt Romney, a former governor in Massachusetts, is the frontrunner in the race to secure the Republican presidential nomination to oppose U.S. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in […]

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US: Romney’s Investment Firm Tenure Plays a Starring Role

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
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A private U.S. investment corporation few Americans know much about has gained an unlikely starring role in the early stages of the country’s 2012 presidential election campaign. Mitt Romney, a former governor in Massachusetts, is the frontrunner in the race to secure the Republican presidential nomination to oppose U.S. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, in […]

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Bomb Kills 35 in NW Pakistan

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani officials say a bomb blast near the Afghan border has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s northwest in months. Authorities say a remote-control bomb in a truck exploded in the Khyber tribal agency on Tuesday. The blast struck near a […]

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New Hampshire Primary Underway; Referendum on Romney

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Republican presidential candidates are increasing the pressure on front-runner and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as voters across New Hampshire head to the polls. Most voters started heading to gymnasiums, town halls and even churches early Tuesday , casting their ballots in the first-in-the-nation primary. Speaking Tuesday outside a polling station in the city of […]

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New Hampshire Primary Underway; Referendum on Romney

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Republican presidential candidates are increasing the pressure on front-runner and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as voters across New Hampshire head to the polls. Most voters started heading to gymnasiums, town halls and even churches early Tuesday , casting their ballots in the first-in-the-nation primary. Speaking Tuesday outside a polling station in the city of […]

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Nigerians Strike for Second Day Over Fuel Prices

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
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Nigerian police stood guard Tuesday as tens of thousands of people protested soaring fuel costs for a second day and unions vowed to continue a nationwide strike. The demonstrations disrupted business in major cities, including the commercial capital, Lagos where angry youths set up burning tires to block access to a wealthy district. The strike […]

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New Hampshire Primary Underway; Referendum on Romney

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
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Republican presidential candidates are increasing the pressure on front-runner and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as voters across New Hampshire head to the polls. Most voters started heading to gymnasiums, town halls and even churches early Tuesday , casting their ballots in the first-in-the-nation primary. Speaking Tuesday outside a polling station in the city of […]

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Bomb Kills 35 in NW Pakistan

Posted January 10th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistani officials say a bomb blast near the Afghan border has killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s northwest in months. Authorities say a remote-control bomb in a truck exploded in the Khyber tribal agency on Tuesday. The blast struck near a […]

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