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Poll: Election winner won't impact economy much
By News on Jun 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to the economy, half of Americans in a new poll say it won't matter much whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins - even though the presidential candidates have staked their chances on which would be better at fixing the economic mess....
Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed
By News on Jun 25, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Barack Obama considered adding as many as 40,000 U.S. forces to a backsliding war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the military rationale for doing so was flawed, a new book about Obama's expansion of the conflict says....
New Egyptian president wants unity, peace
By News on Jun 24, 2012
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's newly elected President Mohammed Morsi has called for unity and said he carries "a message of peace" to the world....Islamist Morsi wins Egypt presidential vote
By News on Jun 24, 2012
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CAIRO (AP) -- Mohammed Morsi was declared Egypt's first Islamist president on Sunday after the freest elections in the country's history, narrowly defeating Hosni Mubarak's last Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq in a race that raised political tensions in Egypt to a fever pitch....Egypt braces for announcement of president
By News on Jun 24, 2012
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian police were ordered to confront any attempt to break the law with decisive force ahead of the announcement Sunday of a new president as soaring tensions in the country raised fears of a new outbreak of political violence....