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Source: Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debt
By News on Feb 20, 2012
BRUSSELS (AP) -- After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early Tuesday to hand Greece euro130 billion ($170 billion) in extra bailout loans to save it from a potentially disastrous default next month, an European Union diplomat said....
GOP 'super PACs' buoyed by mega donors in Jan.
By News on Feb 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A pair of "super" political action committees supporting top Republican presidential candidates spent nearly $24 million in January, drawing upon major gifts and repeat donations from wealthy business executives, according to financial reports the groups filed Monday with the government....
Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney
By News on Feb 20, 2012
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MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with their values than native son and GOP rival Mitt Romney....Syrian forces mass outside rebel stronghold
By News on Feb 20, 2012
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian tanks and troops massed Monday outside the resistance stronghold of Homs for a possible ground assault that one activist warned could unleash a new round of fierce and bloody urban combat even as the Red Cross tried to broker a cease-fire to allow emergency aid in....EU ministers work through night on Greece bailout
By News on Feb 20, 2012
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Eurozone governments worked into the night on Monday, hoping to agree on a long-awaited rescue package for Greece that would save it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, but several key points of division remained, senior officials said....
