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(Photo: AP)Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012....Full Story

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(Photo: AP)UN considers resolution on Syria
Anti-Syrian regime protesters wave Syrian revolution flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Deir Baghlaba area in Homs province, central Syria, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012....Full Story

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Romney surges in run-up to Florida primary
| Newt Gingrich’s momentum in the Republican presidential race, boosted by a victory in South Carolina, seems to be waning as two new opinion polls show him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida pr...Full Story
Mickey Mouse tweet a test of Arab pluralism
| One way to to judge where the Arab uprisings are headed, a year after they erupted, is to consider the case of Mickey Mouse with a beard. | The Egyptian Christian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, who founded the liberal Free Egyptians political party after last year&#x...Full Story
Biolab hearing draws critics and supporters
John Sleezer Tom Manney, a retired professor at Kansas State University, spoke Friday at a public hearing on the research lab. | MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State University scientists and others who favor building a $1 billion federal animal disease research lab for the ...Full Story
Maimane not up for DA Gauteng election
| Two Democratic Alliance (DA) members have been nominated as the party's Gauteng leader and newly-elected national spokesperson Mmusi Maimane is not on the list. | The DA announced on Friday that John Moodey, a member of the Gauteng legislature, and party MP Ian Ollis ...Full Story
Biery's the man Gingrich just loves to hate
| When former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls out activist judges on the campaign trail, the name he mentions most often is Fred Biery. | Biery, the chief federal judge for the Western District of Texas, emerged as a target for conservative criticism after he ruled la...Full Story
Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida
| 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 Stuart, Port ...Full Story
Despair, crackdowns breed more violence in Tibet
| BEIJING (AP) — A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan areas of western China to support the same cause. |...Full Story
President Bill Clinton Named Wonk of the Year by American University
| President Bill Clinton, the first popularly acknowledged wonk to occupy the Oval Office, has been named American University’s inaugural Wonk of the Year. | WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) January 28, 2012 President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundati...Full Story
Panetta concerned by Pakistan's treatment of doctor
| US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has expressed concern about Pakistan's treatment of a doctor who helped the United States find Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. | The doctor, Shikal Afridi, has been arrested and charged with treason by the Pakistani government. | In...Full Story
Deputy energy minister to visit Bima
| Deputy Energy and Natural Resources Minister Widjajono Partowidagdo has planned to visit Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, to meet with mining stakeholders in the region, following the revocation of a mining permit by the Bima regent. | “I want to meet with them so we ...Full Story
As evidence dries up, KPK told to ask new questions
| As the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searches for the benefactors of the 2004 central bank’s vote-buying case, a coalition of antigraft activists has urged investigators to also find out who benefitted from former senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia (...Full Story
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Sat 28 Jan 2012
Constitutional Court agrees to delay Aceh election
Jakarta Post | The Constitutional Court (MK) strengthened on Friday the interlocutory decision it took on Jan. 17 to reopen registration for candidates competing in the upcoming gubernatorial election in Aceh. | Under its latest decision, the court has allowed th...
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STL Today | Wal-Mart moving greeters to new role | Wal-Mart will no longer have greeters at its entrances, the store announced Friday, as the world's largest retailer works to cut costs. Wal-Mart has had greeters since 1980, when founder Sam Walton decided the...
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STL Today | Police officers face violence every day | The use of "deadly force" by officers of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has been in the news lately. The cops who put their lives on the line every day for the citizens and visitors of St. Lou...
Suit filed challenging Missouri House redistricting
STL Today | JEFFERSON CITY — Opponents of new state House districts took their legal challenge to a trial court Friday after Missouri's Supreme Court refused to hear their case directly. | The filing in Cole County, the home county of the state capital of Je...
Government sends Essar Oil sales tax bill of Rs8,000 crore
DNA India | The commercial taxes department has issued notice to Essar Oil asking it to pay outstanding sales tax dues of over Rs8,000 crore. The notice follows a recent Supreme Court order that directed the Ruias-controlled company to pay Rs9,100 crore in sal...
Narendra Modi at 7RCR? Nitin Gadkari shifts gear, adds to list
DNA India | Earlier this week, BJP national president Nitin Gadkari backed Narendra Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate but, on Friday, he made the list longer to include LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley! In an interview, Gadkari reportedl...
Siddaramaiah trains his guns on speaker KG Bopaiah
DNA India | The Congress has decided to train its guns on assembly speaker KG Bopaiah as leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah, on Friday demanded that Bopaiah quit in the wake of indictment by the Supreme Court in its order quashing the disqualification of 1...
Islamists, protesters scuffle at Egypt rally
Zeenews Cairo: Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday as their political differences boiled over at a rally by tens of thousands marking an annive...
U.S. judge sets June primary date
Times Union | ALBANY — New York's congressional primary will be held on June 26, according to a long-awaited ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe released Friday. | The new date — more than two months earlier than the usual trip to the p...
Scottish civil servants worried at taking sides in independence battle
The Daily Telegraph Scottish civil servants are worried they are being forced by their bosses to take sides in the political battle over independence, the Daily Telegraph can reveal. | Alex Salmond chairing Scottish Cabinet with Sir Peter Housden to his right Photo...
Henry McLeish: 'Devo Max' question will kill off independence
The Daily Telegraph Alex Salmond will all but kill off his chances of winning independence if he includes a second ‘extra powers’ question on the referendum ballot paper, a former First Minister has said. | Former First Minister Henry McLeish has said includ...
ScissorTales: Judgeship saga finally may end
The Oklahoman   Oklahoman    Leave a comment | MAYBE Robert Bacharach is the man to fill a vacancy on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Goodness knows the seat has been empty far too long. NewsOK Related Articles | Steve Chapman: Obama's justi...
Role of federal government in natural gas boom debated
The Oklahoman   BY CHRIS CASTEEL ccasteel@opubco.com Oklahoman    Leave a comment | WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's embrace of natural gas this week came with a claim that the federal government is at least partly responsible for the abundan...
Romney and Gingrich stay focused on Florida
The Associated Press 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 b...
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