Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy (AP)

WASHINGTON – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election … Continue reading


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Obama holds private fundraiser at Washington hotel (AP)

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House. Friday’s fundraiser at the upscale Jefferson … Continue reading


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Romney and Paul: Not allies but not foes, either (AP)

PORTLAND, Maine – Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine’s caucuses … Continue reading


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Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy (AP)

WASHINGTON – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election … Continue reading


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Obama holds private fundraiser at Washington hotel (AP)

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House. Friday’s fundraiser at the upscale Jefferson … Continue reading


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First lady: Girls can choose to have campaign role (AP)

DALLAS – Michelle Obama says her daughters’ main concern about the coming presidential election is all about them. In an interview Friday in Dallas, Mrs. Obama said a child in a campaign always asks, “What happens in my life?” The … Continue reading


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First lady: Girls can choose to have campaign role (AP)

DALLAS – Michelle Obama says her daughters’ main concern about the coming presidential election is all about them. In an interview Friday in Dallas, Mrs. Obama said a child in a campaign always asks, “What happens in my life?” The … Continue reading


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Argentina in UK ‘nuclear’ claim

10 February 2012 Last updated at 19:12 ET The UK says HMS Dauntless is being sent to the South Atlantic as part of routine operations Argentina’s foreign minister has accused the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine view full post … Continue reading


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Burmese protest leader monk freed

10 February 2012 Last updated at 23:34 ET Gambira’s detention and release comes as Burma’s reform process is under increasing scrutiny Burmese monk Shin Gambira, one of the leaders of anti-government protests in 2007, has been released after briefly being … Continue reading


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Argentina in UK ‘nuclear’ claim

10 February 2012 Last updated at 19:12 ET The UK says HMS Dauntless is being sent to the South Atlantic as part of routine operations Argentina’s foreign minister has accused the UK of sending a nuclear-armed submarine view full post … Continue reading


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