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AP - There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's...(more)
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President makes jibe at Republican contender for suggesting the auto industry should not have been bailed out by governmentBarack Obama seems to have decided to crash Mitt Romney's Florida victory party – or at least drive right over it.The US president made a surprise visit to...(more)
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AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the leadership race of his Likud Party over his ultranationalist rival early Wednesday, hours after his government approved new incentives to entice people to move to West Bank settlements.
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After the Florida results come in, winner Mitt Romney focuses his attacks on President Obama. Second-place finisher Newt Gingrich vows to 'contest every place.'
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Santorum won political caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, along with beauty contest in Missouri securing triple victoryRepublican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has revived his flagging campaign with a trio of victories to upset frontrunner Mitt Romney's seemingly inevitable progress towards the party nomination.Santorum achieved a clean...(more)
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The Congress party of Nehru and Indira Gandhi is accused of sacrificing free speech to make a comeback in India's most populous stateYou can find the Islamic Centre of India in the Aishbagh neighbourhood of the north-eastern city of Lucknow, flanked by a Hindu temple and...(more)
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Prime minister drops Britain's objections to the use of the European court of justice to police tough new fiscal rules for the eurozoneDavid Cameron is facing a fresh clash with Tory Eurosceptics after dropping Britain's objections to the use of the European court of justice to...(more)
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Mega-rich, Mormon, chilly and ruthless – Mitt Romney may emerge as the Republicans' candidate to take on Barack Obama, but he has a good few obstacles to get over first'Well, it's just great to be here!" Mitt Romney says as he bounds on to the stage at...(more)
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Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande's high-spending manifesto could rock the rest of EuropeThree decades after its greatest postwar political triumph, the French left is shaping up for an epic battle with the economic orthodoxy that has seen the eurozone – and Britain – pursue austerity as...(more)
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The Romney campaign has been airing an unusual 30-second spot in Florida. It consists almost exclusively of a video clip from Jan. 21, 1997, the day Newt Gingrich was sanctioned by House colleagues after an ethics probe.
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The four remaining US Republican presidential contenders meet in a last-ditch debate in South Carolina at the end of a dramatic day on the campaign trail.
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South Carolina politics aren't as conservative or monolithic as the state's political reputation suggests.
