| Sat, 28 Jan 2012 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... | 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... | 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 ... | 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 ... | 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... | 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 ... | 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. |... | 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... | 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... | 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 ... | 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 (... | | |
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