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Eurozone faces tough hurdles early in 2012 (AP)

Two men check a monitor displaying the stock exchange index in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Italy saw investors more willing to part with their cash Wednesday as it raised euro10.7 billion ($14 billion) in a pair of auctions, a sign that market jitters may be easing as the country presses ahead with its austerity measures. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP – After a hugely-turbulent 2011, the 17 countries that use the euro will be quickly confronted in the new year with major hurdles to solving their government debt crisis, just as the eurozone economy is expected to sink back into recession.


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For GOP’s Gingrich: Big declarations — and hurdles (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, waves after meeting with Donald Trump, and talking to the media in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP – Surging in opinion polls, a confident Newt Gingrich declared Monday he plans to challenge Barack Obama in every state next year, and he began running a gauzy TV ad — his first — to push toward the Republican nomination to take on the president. But, illustrating how far he has to go, Gingrich also found himself defending the state of his campaign and his own comments about poor children.


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Obama’s education focus faces big hurdles (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, Bo Obama walks with a ball on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz, the trainer who prepared President Barack Obama's dog Bo for life as the first dog, has died. Sylvia-Stasiewicz, 52, died Wednesday of respiratory failure at a Virginia hospital, her ex-husband Paul Stasiewicz said Saturday. Sylvia-Stasiewicz initially had no idea the Portuguese water dog that arrived at her Virginia home two years ago was destined for life at the White House — an experience she described in a recent book. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP – Signs of trouble are arising for President Barack Obama’s plan to put education overhaul at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the new reality of a divided government.


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US-Russia nuke treaty facing hurdles in US Senate (AP)

FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, right, toasts with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Czech Republic president Vaclav Klaus at the Prague Castle in Prague Thursday, April 8, 2010. The two leaders signed the New START treaty later in the day.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – The once smooth path for Senate ratification of a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia is looking a little dicier.


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New rules for Wall Street must clear final hurdles (AP)

FILE - In this May 19, 2010 file photo, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers will tackle sticking points and try to blend House and Senate bills into a single rewrite of banking regulations. A final measure, which President Barack Obama wants by July 4, is intended to prevent another financial crisis like the 2008 meltdown, which triggered a deep recession.  (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – From big banks’ exotic trades to the plastic in people’s wallets, a few contentious issues could upend a delicate political equilibrium as lawmakers try to blend House and Senate bills into a single rewrite of banking regulations.


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