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Myanmar's Suu Kyi poised to win parliamentary seat
By News on Mar 31, 2012
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WAH THIN KHA, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government....Obama postpones many issues until elections
By News on Mar 31, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Missile defense isn't the only area in which President Barack Obama will have "more flexibility" if he's re-elected. Immigration, the Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, gay marriage, tax policy and other issues could invite bold initiatives by a president who knows he will never run for office again, especially if his party gains ground in congressional elections....Romney pivots to fall, doubts linger in GOP right
By News on Mar 31, 2012
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PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) -- Appearing ever-more confident in Wisconsin's primary, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney focused entirely on Democratic President Barack Obama during a campaign trip through this upper Midwestern battleground that could effectively seal the nomination for him Tuesday....Supporters of Syrian opposition to meet in Turkey
By News on Mar 31, 2012
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ISTANBUL (AP) -- China and Russia turned down invitations. Iran didn't get one. The absence of these key supporters of the Syrian regime at a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday highlights the global division over how to stop the bloodshed in Syria as much as the unity of dozens of participating countries from the Western and Arab worlds....Obama calls on Congress to pass 'Buffett Rule' tax
By News on Mar 31, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp election-year lines between the president and the Republican opposition....