Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP)

WASHINGTON – The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children’s game: Follow the leader. When Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich aren’t puffing up their own leadership credentials, they’re running down the … Continue reading


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Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida (AP)

The two leading candidates in Florida’s Republican primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are staying focused on voters with events around the state this weekend. On Saturday, Romney has events planned in Pensacola and Panama City. Gingrich will be in … Continue reading


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GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)

ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment’s fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. The gathering criticisms are bitingly sharp, as … Continue reading


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Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP)

SARASOTA, Fla. – Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker’s claim, an … Continue reading


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Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida (AP)

The two leading candidates in Florida’s Republican primary, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, are staying focused on voters with events around the state this weekend. On Saturday, Romney has events planned in Pensacola and Panama City. Gingrich will be in … Continue reading


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GOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size (AP)

ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment’s fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. The gathering criticisms are bitingly sharp, as … Continue reading


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New Libya torture claims emerge

28 January 2012 Last updated at 02:08 ET view full post »


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Pakistan humiliate abject England

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US fears for Bin Laden ‘informer’

28 January 2012 Last updated at 06:59 ET US special forces caught up with Bin Laden in a quiet Pakistani town last year US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is “very concerned” about a Pakistani doctor arrested for … Continue reading


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New Libya torture claims emerge

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