Quotes from Republican candidates' Florida debate

2011-09-22T20:30:14Z

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates met on Thursday in Orlando, Florida, in the latest of a series of debates about who should be the nominee to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 2012 election.

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Strauss-Kahn may play role in French left's campaign

2011-09-05T12:30:17Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief who is back home in France with his career in tatters after a sex-assault scandal, is likely to take a role in the left's 2012 election campaign, a political ally said on Monday....

Political camp tradition resumes after Norway attack

2011-07-30T09:30:09Z

TROMOEY, Norway (Reuters) - Record numbers of Young Liberals held Norway's first summer youth camp since last week's slaughter of 69 campers and the Oslo bomb that killed eight, but police were posted to guard the gathering.

It is the first political party camp to start since Anders Behring Breivik opened fir...

Obama signs condolence book at Norwegian embassy

2011-07-26T16:30:32Z

US President Barack Obama visited the residence of the Norwegian ambassador on Tuesday to personally offer his condolences after 76 people died in twin attacks.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visited the ambassador's residence to sign a condolence registry after the killings that have traumatized the Scandinavian nation, a

Norway PM Stoltenberg says attacker turned paradise into hell

2011-07-23T01:00:04Z

OSLO (Reuters) An assailant who shot dead at least 84 people at a youth camp of Norway's ruling party turned a "youth paradise into a hell," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday.

"Many of those who lost their li...

Norway PM Stoltenberg says cannot speculate on attack motive

2011-07-23T00:30:04Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday he did not want to speculate on the motives for a bomb blast and a shooting that killed at least 87 people, mostly teenagers.

"Compared to other countries I w...

Republican Romney to tap ex-pat wealth in London

2011-06-26T08:30:14Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney takes his fund-raising machine to London next month, holding a reception aimed at wealthy American expatriates working at banks and hedge funds.

A handful of London fund-raisers were held during the 2...

Nancy Pelosi briefly hospitalized in Rome

2011-03-21T10:30:18Z

ROME (Reuters) - House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was released from a short stay in a hospital on Monday and is resuming her scheduled activities in Italy, spokesman

Greek guerrilla group claims Athens court blast

2011-01-05T09:00:05Z

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek leftist urban guerrilla group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a powerful explosion which damaged a court house in Athens last month.

The Conspiracy of Fire Cells, which also claimed a wave of parcel bombs sent from ...

Greek police arrest two suspected guerrillas

2010-12-05T09:30:11Z

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police said on Sunday they had arrested two suspected guerrilla group members but a cache of weapons found in their apartments in Athens this weekend did not match guns used in recent attacks.

Police raided several houses across Greece and arrested s...

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Social Democratic Party

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Clinton Sniper Fire

2010-11-30T13:50:07Z

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Republican Party

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Factors that led to the Cold War

2010-11-29T16:00:24Z

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Comparing the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) with the Patriot Act (2001) in U.S. history

2010-11-29T16:01:01Z

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Why the US should support Pan-Arabism

2010-11-29T15:42:58Z

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Will Republican Power Mean Principled Action?

2010-11-05T07:01:26Z

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Commentary: Why history matters

2010-11-04T14:51:02Z

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How the stimulus bill affects the United States economy

2010-11-04T14:33:09Z

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The history of classic liberalism

2010-11-04T14:33:10Z

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Humor: Daily news (11/17/07)

2010-11-04T13:54:20Z

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President Obama awarded special recognition at 2010 Serbian Testicle Festival

2010-11-04T13:48:20Z

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Slouching Towards Weimar: How Right Wing Charlatans Have Ruined Conservatism, the Republican Party and America.

2010-11-03T03:16:53Z

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This Was The Week That Was: 08-16-2009

2010-11-03T03:16:01Z

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Left Wing Madness

2010-11-03T03:13:42Z

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Hitler, Gestapo, reflections in our White House.

2010-11-03T03:16:56Z

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British Anti-Islam group seeks US Tea Party ties

2010-10-14T08:01:25Z

British group warning of spread of radical Islam seeks ties with US' Tea Party movement

Tentative links are developing between supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States and right-wing fringe groups in Britain that are opposed to what they call the "I...

Is the Tea Party Group Racist?

2010-11-02T23:56:13Z

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Palin and Boyle: A Tale of Two Women

2010-11-02T21:01:42Z

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Patrick Henry, "give me liberty or give me death!"

2010-11-03T00:09:06Z

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WHAT IS IT WITH THAT?: MEDIA & POLITICS

2010-11-02T17:21:21Z

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Traditionalist Right as More Than Just a Political Concept

2010-11-03T00:09:32Z

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Something odd just happened

2010-11-02T23:56:07Z

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Is There Such Thing as Terrorism Fatigue?

2010-10-06T10:09:16Z

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Dems' Record Puts Party On The Defensive

2010-09-29T22:00:38Z

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Merkel takes tough line on integration to party cheers

2010-09-25T08:00:03Z

MAINZ, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel told conservative party members on Saturday that immigrants needed to do more to integrate into German society, including learning the language and obeying "every single" law.

Merkel, whose popularity has plunged...

The Deflated Legend Of Colin Powell

2010-09-21T13:17:15Z

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Nonimportation Act

2010-11-02T16:06:09Z

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What is Socialism? Part 6: Market Socialism, Mutualism, and State Socialism

2010-11-02T14:09:35Z

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Admin official: Spy arrests send warning

2010-07-08T16:15:36Z

Admin official: Spy swap underscores progress in US-Russia relations

An Obama administration official says the quick and pragmatic arrangement of the spy swap with Russia speaks to the progress that has been made in U.S.-Russian relations.

The senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the deal, said ...

Admin official: Russians had to sign oath on guilt

2010-07-08T16:15:21Z

Admin official: Russians had to sign oath admitting guilt, allowed to leave with families

An Obama administration official says the four people who are being released by the Russians in a spy swap were required by Moscow to sign a statement admitting guilt as a condition of their release.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensiti...

A Judt Guide

2010-11-03T09:08:34Z

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Senators want UK to investigate bomber's release

2010-07-07T14:46:30Z

Senators call on Britain to probe release of Lockerbie bomber, who has outlived prognosis

Four U.S. senators are calling on Britain to investigate the circumstances of last year's release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie airliner bombing.

United States sent condolences to Lithuania Monday after the death of Algirdas Brazauskas, the Baltic state's last communist-era boss who transitioned to democracy.

Brazauskas died on Saturday aged 77 after losing a long battle against prostate and lymphatic cancer.

"On behalf of the American peop...

Cap on non-EU migrants next month

2010-06-26T03:15:51Z

Britain will begin capping the number of non-European Union migrants coming into the country to live and work for the first time next month, a Home Office source said on Saturday.

Just 24,100 workers will be allowed in between next month and April 2011 -- a five percent cut on the number who arrived in the same period last year.

The aim is to prevent a sudde...

Biographical information on Kenneth Feinberg

2010-06-16T10:17:03Z

Biographical information on federal pay czar Kenneth Feinberg

NAME — Kenneth R. Feinberg.

AGE — 64, born Oct. 23, 1945, in Brockton, Mass.

EXPERIENCE — Obama administration "pay czar" for financial bailout program, June 2009 to present. He is serving without pay, as he ...

Is Political Risk Really That High?

2010-10-27T08:53:16Z

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Business to Eye Iran Sanctions Deal Closely

2010-10-27T06:45:57Z

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Friday ETF Wrap-Up: VXX Soars, VGK Sinks

2010-10-27T06:37:48Z

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PIGS Provide Cautionary Tale For U.S. Reform

2010-10-27T06:45:49Z

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W.House voices strong US support for Greek measures

2010-05-06T16:15:13Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House expressed its strong support on Thursday for efforts to "restore stability" to Greece and said President Barack Obama had been briefed about the issue and the situation in financial markets.

"Greece is enacting major ec...

National Derangement: Time to Fight the Political Illusion

2010-10-27T08:02:20Z

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Is This All a Dream? No, It's Political Reality

2010-10-27T06:47:54Z

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U.S. Changing Way Air Travelers are Screened

2010-11-02T13:00:31Z

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Features of Historical Domes

2010-10-25T12:40:56Z

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Mind the gap: Gown protects UK patients' privacy

2010-03-23T06:45:19Z

Mind the gap: New UK hospital gown has snaps down the side to avoid those awkward moments

Some good news for hospital patients: a gown that won't let you down.

Stylish hospital gowns that snap down the side were unveiled in Britain on Tuesday, intended to replace those shapeless cloth sacks with useless ties that flash open at the worst possible moments.

Designers were given 25,000 pounds ($37...

Greek PM meets Obama amid finance crisis

2010-06-12T16:25:49Z

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou held talks Tuesday with President Barack Obama seeking US action against speculators he says are deepening his country's financial crisis.

As Papandreou went into closed-door Oval Office talks, White House spokesman Summary Box: Fed examines insurance contracts between Wall Street and Greece

THE NEWS: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank is examining arrangements Wall Street firms have with Greece involving high-risk financial inst...

When clouds need to stop at the border

2010-10-25T08:03:24Z

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British Labour party gets tips from Obama campaign

2010-04-16T07:02:10Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labor party is taking a page from U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign book by contacting voters directly and encouraging word of mouth campaigning by members, its election coordinator said.

Douglas Alexa...

Rep Frank says banks "recognizing reality"

2010-06-25T18:42:33Z

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Barney Frank, the powerful chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said on Saturday a reported move by banks to agr...

Clinton misses speech, but not as security holdout

2010-04-16T07:18:22Z

Clinton misses speech, but HUD secretary is Cabinet member in an undisclosed location

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton missed President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to attend a conference in

Jones, Mullen to Russia to work on nuclear deal

2010-04-16T07:29:24Z

Obama sending national security chiefs to Moscow to seek successor arms accord

In a sign that a new arms deal with Russia may be close, President Barack Obama is sending two top national security aides to Moscow to work on clearing the last obstacles.

National Security Adviser President Barack Obama on Friday ordered increased security for air travel following a possible attempted airline bombing on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, the White House said.

UN talks in Copenhagen would be worse than reaching no deal at all, a White House spokesman said Thursday.

"Coming back with an empty agreement would be far worse than coming back empty handed," said spokesman Robert Gibbs, as

EU's Barroso expects U.S. to offer deeper CO2 cuts

2010-04-16T08:19:37Z

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday he expected the United States would raise its offer to cut climate-warming emissions at U.N. tal...

US lawmakers rush to end votes to fly to Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:18:00Z

Leading US lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were poised to make a dash for the Copenhagen climate talks as they rushed to try to complete key votes Wednesday.

As the clock ticked down, Democratic and Republican lawmakers were hoping to polish off a long series of votes in order to catch a plane later Wedn...

Obama 'hopeful' of helping Copenhagen climate deal

2010-04-16T08:20:45Z

US President Barack Obama is hopeful that by traveling to Copenhagen he can help push nations towards a breakthrough on a climate deal, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday.

"The president is hopeful that his presence can help," said spokesman Robert Gibbs

Obama hopes presence at Copenhagen can help deal

2010-06-25T19:18:27Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopes his presence at a climate change summit in Copenhagen can help lead to a strong operational agreement, the White House said on Wednesday.

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Lonely senator says Copenhagen necessary for climate action in U.S.

2010-10-22T15:15:43Z

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No plans for US-Russia treaty signing this week: White House

2010-06-25T19:19:48Z

The White House said Tuesday it had no current plans to sign a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia in Copenhagen, or anywhere else this week, following reports a deal was near.

"We are not planning currently for a signing ceremony in Copenhagen," White House spokesman Reuters) - Bulgaria should accept one detainee from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after a request from Washington to house prisoners, Prim...

Norway's Field of Peace

2010-10-22T13:25:45Z

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GOP cautions Obama against climate commitment

2010-06-25T19:29:44Z

GOP lawmakers caution Obama against committing to mandatory climate pollution cuts

Even as he prepares to argue for action at the international climate conference, President Barack Obama is getting some reminders of the domestic political divide — and anxiety — over climate change.

Twenty congressional Republicans, including the top President Barack Obama has changed his plans and will now be at the UN climate conference on December 18, at the climax of talks in Copenhagen, rather than next week, the White House said Friday.

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Algerian Guantanamo detainee transferred to France

2010-04-16T08:46:50Z

PARIS (Reuters) - An Algerian man who had been detained at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo in Cuba since 2002 has been transferred to France, the French Foreign Ministry said on T...

Blair's stance 'hardened' after Bush talks: probe

2010-04-16T08:51:51Z

Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.

Blair's role, US tensions in spotlight at Iraq probe

2010-04-16T08:51:52Z

Pre-war UK, US relations in spotlight at Iraq inquiry

2010-04-16T08:51:57Z

Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting president George W. Bush at his Texas ranch, a former top diplomat told an inquiry into the 2003 war Thursday.

U.S. to propose 17 percent emissions cut in Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:37:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 at a U.N. climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.

Obama's negotiating position for the talks in

EU: US should spell out long-term climate goal

2010-06-25T19:38:00Z

EU urges US to spell out long-term climate goal, says climate deal hinges on US, China

The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.

With two weeks to go before a global...

US to present emissions target at Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:34Z

The United States will present an emissions target at upcoming UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, a senior official said Monday, as President Barack Obama mulled whether to attend the conference.

The official refused to be drawn on what that target would b...

US to present emissions target before Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:18Z

The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, a senior official said Monday.

The official refused to be drawn on specific numbers but the announcement was expected to be in line with legislation...

US Senate to bring climate framework to Copenhagen: Kerry

2010-06-25T19:51:12Z

The US Senate will complete the framework of climate change legislation before next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, Senator John Kerry promised UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday.

"We are engaged in the proc...

Clinton uses Wall's fall as rallying cry against extremism

2010-06-25T19:54:14Z

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday used the anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall as a rallying cry for a reinvigorated US-European push to free those oppressed by religious extremism.

Clinton's appeal in Berlin came as President Barack Obam...

Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP

2010-06-25T19:57:50Z

Democrats ignore Republican boycott, push climate bill through a key Senate committee

Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage. Other committees still must weigh-in on the measure, but the partisan antics early on threatened to cast a pall over the bill — one of

Merkel to push for climate pact in US Congress

2010-06-25T20:03:41Z

German chancellor to use address to US Congress to urge support for climate pact

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge the U.S. Congress to support an international pact to combat climate change in her address to the House and Senate next week.

Merkel departs Monday for a two-day visit to BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is likely to face pressure to offer more help to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan when she meets U.S. President Barack Obama in Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate will push climate change legislation that would grant, initially at no cost, pollution permits to an array of industries, similar to legislation passed by the H...

Biden calls for bigger security role for east Europe

2010-04-16T09:42:03Z

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on central and east European states on Thursday to become more involved in fighting security threats and work closer with their former Soviet bloc peers outside western alliances.

The United States is ke...

Biden heading to Central Europe to quell doubts

2010-04-16T09:45:12Z

Biden heading to Central Europe amid doubts among allies about US security commitment

Vice President Joe Biden is traveling to Central Europe to reassure leaders who are nervous that the Obama administration's courting of

Britain pledges extra troops as US mulls Afghan options

2010-06-25T20:16:52Z

Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.

Pledging more forces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged

Obama gets no Nobel wake-up call

2010-04-16T09:54:51Z

OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama did not get the customary phone call from the Norwegian Nobel Committee to tell him he had won this year's Peace Prize, the committee's chief Thorbjoern Jagland said Friday.

"To wake up a president in the mi...

Left Behind Romanticizing Germanys urban guerillas

2010-10-22T11:48:05Z

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Biden to visit Poland, Romania, Czech Republic

2010-06-25T20:23:44Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic this month, the White House said on Tuesday, amid fresh concerns o...

Vetting Obama's Plan For Afghanistan

2010-09-10T11:03:51Z

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Hawks Kings Basketball

2011-01-04T22:01:17Z

Atlanta Hawks guard Jamal Crawford,left, shoots over Sacramento Kings guard Beno Udrih, of Slovenia during the first half of an ...

Blue Jackets Coyotes Hockey

2011-01-04T21:01:31Z

Columbus Blue Jackets' R.J. Umberger (18) scores a goal against Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, of Russia, during the second period of an New Jersey Devils' Andy Greene (6) and Minnesota Wild's Martin Havlat (24), of the Czech Republic, compete for the puck during the first period of an Italy's Manuela Moelgg competes during the first run of an alpine ski women's World Cup slalom event, in Zagreb, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Russia Schwarzenegger

2011-01-04T09:32:15Z

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, invites then California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a ride in his vintage car, a Soviet built Chaika luxury car, during their meeting in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Russia. The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting, and m...

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