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Gingrich camp offers detailed plan to carry on
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LAS VEGAS — In a meeting room at the Palazzo Hotel here over the past week, Newt Gingrich mapped out a detailed strategy that would keep him in the presidential race all the way to the Republican convention...
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Syria crisis: Hillary Clinton calls UN veto travesty'
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has described as a "travesty" Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown against anti-government protesters. Speaking in Bulgaria, Mrs Clinton said efforts outside the world body to help...
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Egypt to prosecute Americans in NGO probe
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CAIRO — The Egyptian government intends to prosecute at least 40 people, including some U.S. citizens, as part of an investigation into nongovernmental organizations that receive foreign funding, state media reported Sunday. The announcement came a day after...
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Car bomb kills 7in Afghanistan
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KABUL — At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said. An additional 19 people, six of them police officers,...
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Fla. bill would ban buying sweets with food stamps
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida's poor can use food stamps to buy staples like milk, vegetables, fruits and meat. But they can also use them to buy sweets like cakes, cookies and Jell-O and snack foods like chips,...
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Super Bowl XLVI: New York Giants v New England Patriots preview
BBC
By Haydn Parry BBC Sport, IndianapolisIf the New England Patriots are to win their fourth Super Bowl, and get revenge for an agonising defeat at the hands of the New York Giants four years ago, they may have...
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Ground Zero responders' 9/11 settlement payouts slashed
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Ailing Ground Zero responders are finally getting their last checks from a settlement with the city, but many are crestfallen that the payments are less than touted when they took the deal."We didn't get what they told us...
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US, Australian Filmmakers Die in Helicopter Crash
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Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday. Police said two people — an Australian pilot and an American passenger...
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Komen aims to restore credibility
Washington Post
The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy group has gone into full damage-control mode. Executives of the embattled Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation held conference calls with affiliates Saturday to discuss a new strategy for working with...
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Greece holds crucial talks over EU bailout plan terms
BBC
Greek PM Lucas Papademos is meeting the party leaders of his coalition to try and win support for a proposed 130bn euros ($171bn; £108bn) EU rescue. Mr Papademos wants their backing for reforms demanded by the IMF and...