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Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting
By News on Feb 12, 2012
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police....
Top Republican wants vote on birth control mandate
By News on Feb 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling....
In complicating move, al-Qaida backs Syrian revolt
By News on Feb 12, 2012
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Al-Qaida's leader has called for the ouster of Syria's "pernicious, cancerous regime," raising fears that Islamic extremists will try to exploit an uprising against President Bashar Assad that began with peaceful calls for democratic change but is morphing into a bloody, armed insurgency....Arab League considers new Syria measures
By News on Feb 12, 2012
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CAIRO (AP) -- The Sudanese head of the Arab League observer mission to Syria resigned Sunday, hours before foreign ministers began to consider a proposal to send a new mission to the country including U.N. monitors, according to officials....Obama's budget offers short-term help for economy
By News on Feb 12, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president will send Congress a budget that will provide short-term help to a struggling economy while offering a long-term plan to deal with soaring deficits, the White House said Sunday. Republicans attacked the spending blueprint as offering more of the same failed solutions for the economy....