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Iran begins military exercises

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:09:16 +0000

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday in the country’s south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for tougher Western sanctions.

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Report: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site (AP)

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:59:13 +0000

AP – Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program.

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Report: Iran begins enrichment at new site (AP)

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:17:07 +0000

AP – Iran has begun uranium enrichment program at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday.

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North Korea begins memorial for Kim Jong Il (AP)

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:26:53 +0000

AP – Hundreds of thousands of people are gathering as North Korea begins a memorial for late leader Kim Jong Il.

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House begins debating payroll tax cut (AP)

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:59:27 +0000

AP – With neither side showing signs of yielding, a bitterly divided House debated a Republican effort Tuesday to force the Senate to negotiate a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits due to expire on New Year’s Day.

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Big Moscow protest rally against vote fraud begins (AP)

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:40:39 +0000

AP – At least 15,000 people have thronged into a Moscow square to protest against alleged electoral fraud and against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party.

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Day of protest against vote fraud begins in Russia (AP)

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:26:45 +0000

AP – Russians angered by allegedly fraudulent parliamentary elections protested Saturday in rallies across the country, a widespread wave of anger that tests the hold on power of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his ruling party.

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Blagojevich begins bleak countdown to prison (AP)

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:32:50 +0000

AP – Rod Blagojevich starts his Thursday facing a bleak countdown — 71 days before the twice-elected Illinois governor must say goodbye to his family and begin serving a 14-year sentence for corruption.

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Gingrich meets with Trump, begins first ad in Iowa (AP)

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:50:29 +0000

AP – Surging in polls, Newt Gingrich declared confidently Monday that he plans to run a general election campaign in all 50 states should he win the Republican presidential nomination. But he also found himself defending comments he had made about poor children — hinting at the potential troubles and new scrutiny he faces in the race.

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Snow, wind, rain smack Northeast; cleanup begins (AP)

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:35:17 +0000

AP – An unseasonably early snowstorm that blanketed parts of states from Maryland to Maine, knocking out power to millions and snarling air and highway travel, was forecast to slowly move north out of New England and officials warned it could be days before many see electricity restored.

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