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Archive for February, 2011

Obama Calls On Gaddafi to Leave Power

Obama Calls On Gaddafi to Leave Power
President Barack Obama said Gaddafi has lost the legitimacy to rule with his violent crackdown on his own people

Herman Cain, the only declared 2012 presidential candidate, wins ‘tea-party’ poll

Herman Cain, the only declared 2012 presidential candidate, wins ‘tea-party’ poll
Republican Herman Cain wins a straw poll at a weekend tea-party summit, but presumed GOP candidate Ron Paul outstrips Cain in an online poll by the Tea Party Patriots. It always helps to show up. Republican Herman Cain, a former chief executive of Godfather Pizza and the only declared candidate of either party for the 2012 presidential election, won a straw poll Sunday among “tea-party …

In your face: haka and hongi

In your face: haka and hongi
WARM WELCOME: A Taranaki haka group demonstrates the intimidating Maori dance. KIA ORA: US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hongis with Kura Moeahu, a Te Awi Ati kaumatua, during her New Zealand visit.

Jane Kleeb: Aggressive newcomer a thorn in the side of Nebraska’s GOP

Jane Kleeb: Aggressive newcomer a thorn in the side of Nebraska’s GOP
HASTINGS — The Nebraska Republican Party evokes her name to demonize all things leftist in Democratic politics.

UN Debates Libya Sanctions as Qaddafi Arms His Supporters

UN Debates Libya Sanctions as Qaddafi Arms His Supporters
The United Nations is in talks to impose sanctions on Libya after Muammar Qaddafi told loyalists in the capital, Tripoli, he’s prepared to arm them to fight opposition forces holding the eastern part of the country.

Author accused of distributing Palin manuscript

Author accused of distributing Palin manuscript
The writers of an unpublished Sarah Palin tell-all allege the author of a rival book helped leak copies of their manuscript, destroying its marketability.

Clinton: Violence in Libya ‘Completely Unacceptable’

Clinton: Violence in Libya ‘Completely Unacceptable’
The Obama administration did not outline any specific steps to coerce or punish the Libyan regime.

Memories of 1995 haunt GOP as shutdown talk grows

Memories of 1995 haunt GOP as shutdown talk grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped President Bill Clinton reverse his falling fortunes and recast House Republicans as stubborn partisans, not savvy insurgents.

Man banned from Sharon Stone’s home

Man banned from Sharon Stone’s home
Sharon Stone has obtained a restraining order against a man who police say was found in her home earlier this month, claiming the home was given to him by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

September release set for book on Palin

September release set for book on Palin
A best-selling author accused of helping leak an unpublished tell-all on Sarah Palin is releasing his own book on the former Alaska governor in September.