Posts Tagged ‘south’
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi makes political tour in south (AP)
AP – Thousands of supporters in Myanmar’s countryside cheered opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday as she made a political tour ahead of by-elections, highlighting how quickly and dramatically politics is changing in the long-repressed Southeast Asian nation.
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Gingrich leads in South Carolina primary (AP)
AP – Newt Gingrich bid for an upset Saturday night in the South Carolina primary, the first Southern testing ground in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and historically a harbinger of the final outcome.
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South Carolina GOP primary races to dramatic close (AP)
AP – Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are not ceding one inch of South Carolina as the unpredictable campaign for the South’s first presidential primary concludes.
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Romney braces for final full day in South Carolina (AP)
AP – Front-runner Mitt Romney and his presidential pursuers enter the final full day of campaigning in a South Carolina GOP primary contest significantly altered from just 24 hours earlier.
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Rivals assail Romney in South Carolina debate (AP)
AP – Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring.
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Bomb kills at least 53 pilgrims in south Iraq (AP)
AP – A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Muslim sects that has escalated since the American military withdrawal.
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