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French President Nicolas Sarkozy rules out doing any election deal with the far-right National Front but says its voters should not be demonised.
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Mitt Romney has now won all five Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, effectively ending the GOP nomination battle. >> Complete election results
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Left-hander throws a five-hitter in a 5-0 victory in which Tampa Bay tags Ervin Santana (0-4) for a career-high four home runs.ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — There was no marine layer in Tropicana Field on Tuesday night, no heavy air to turn would-be home runs into warning-track...(more)
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The former Democratic presidential candidate is accused of accepting illegal campaign contributions to pay his mistress' expenses and cover up the affair.GREENSBORO, N.C. — A desperate politician willing to break federal laws to get elected president? Or a husband and father trying to protect himself and...(more)
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President Obama yukked it up on NBC’s “Late Night” with Jimmy Fallon early Wednesday, joking about his hairstyle and favorite comedy in hopes of winning over young voters in his fight with Mitt Romney.
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(04-24) 17:46 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs and urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S....
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With the result – a Romney victory – essentially foregone, the mystery is not low turnout, but why anyone turns out at allMany consider voting to be an irrational activity. The thinking goes like this: people believe that their one vote won't make a difference, but...(more)
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Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May giving evidence to the Commons home affairs committee about Abu Qatada10.20am: Borrowing figures are out this morning. Here's the start of the Press Association story about them.Government borrowing reduced by nearly £11bn...(more)
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New Yorkers really love Raymond Kelly as their police commissioner — and nearly half hope he runs for mayor next year. Kelly’s job approval rating is an impressive 77%, while his 63% favorability rating among city voters is by far the highest of anyone considering a...(more)
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President Obama ends March with $104 million on hand, 10 times the amount Mitt Romney has — a gap that shows how the hard-fought Republican primary drained resources.WASHINGTON — President Obama ended March with $104 million in his campaign war chest, 10 times the amount for...(more)
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The state of Hawaii has verified President Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt resumes its first free presidential election on Thursday after voting passed off mostly calmly on the first day apart from a stone-throwing attack on candidate Ahmed Shafiq, who was premier for a few days before Hosni Mubarak fell. The race broadly pits...(more)
