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Politics

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Feed Date: 02/05/2012

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Newt Gingrich’s Nevada press conference: ‘We will go to Tampa’ (The Ticket)

The Ticket - Newt Gingrich finished behind Mitt Romney in the Nevada caucuses on Saturday nightâ??his second disappointment in a row after losing the Florida primary last Tuesday. Rather than throw the typical post-results rally party, Gingrich held a press conference with a small cadre of reporters in Las Vegas, vowing to stay in the race and taking [...]
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Analysis: Pragmatism trumps democracy in Congo (AP)

AP - Congo's presidential election was so fraud-riddled nobody knows for sure who won. Two months later, the international community that helped pay for the vote now seems content to simply keep the incumbent in power.
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Finland votes in Sunday presidential runoff (AP)

AP - Finnish voters were being asked Sunday to choose the country's leader in a runoff between a veteran, conservative and the first openly gay candidate from the small Greens party, seen by many as too radical for the Nordic country.
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Obama has small-check donor advantage over Romney (Reuters)

Reuters - It does not guarantee him re-election in November, but it is an advantage President Barack Obama is likely to carry into the fall: a broad base of supporters who have given him the symbolic vote of confidence with a donation of less than $200.
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Vatican rejects prelate's corruption allegations (AP)

AP - The administration of the Vatican City State on Saturday categorically rejected as groundless a top prelate's accusations of corruption in the Holy See's awarding of contracts.
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Most Germans want Greece to quit euro: poll (Reuters)

Reuters - The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday.
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Cairo protesters demand early vote, clash with police (Reuters)

Reuters - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on Sunday and were forced back with volleys of tear gas.
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US renews warning to Egypt over aid (AP)

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday issued a new warning to Egypt that the failure to resolve a bitter dispute over the status of non-governmental pro-democracy groups may lead to the loss of American aid to the country.
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Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options (AP)

AP - Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state's caucuses four years ago, kept his organization active and he could count on support from Mormons who made up a quarter of caucus goers this year.