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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Donald Trump, arrive for a news in Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, where Trump endorsed Romney. Romney Should be Concerned about Poverty, Especially His Own
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?", asked Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Jesus answ... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) WorldNews.com
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012  
GRAND ISLE, La. - A pair of Chinook helicopters depart  Coast Guard Station Grand Isle, La., after President Barack Obama addressed the media concerning the ongoing, multi-agency response to the Deepwater Horizon incident, May 28, 2010.  Obama stressed that Adm. Thad Allen, national incident commander of the response, has all resources to manage the response at his disposal.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Patrick Kelley. (891117) ( ) In Iran Dispute, Who’s at Fault?
| As saber-rattling against Iran intensifies, the question of which side in this confrontation really violates international obligations has largely been avoided. | Inste... (photo: US Coastguard / Petty Officer 3rd Patrick Kelley.) Middle East Online
Arab   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus White arriving in UK mid-February, misses the snow
CES 2012 | Galaxy Nexus and ICS | Galaxy Tabs | Birth of a Smart Phone | Engadget Distro | News Hubs Galleries Videos Podcasts The Recap Authors Store FOLLOW US ON TWITTE... (photo: Creative Commons / Julien Houbrechts) Crunch
Cellphones   Galaxy   News   Photos   Wikipedia/Samsung  
In this Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Egyptian military stand guard as officials raid one of the non-governmental organization offices in Cairo, Egypt. NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row
| CAIRO (Reuters) - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have... (photo: AP / Mohammed Asad) Chicago Tribune
Aid   Democracy   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
POLITICAL EYE: Gingrich courts voters through their pets POLITICAL EYE: Gingrich courts voters through their pets
| "I'm Stinky and I'm with Newt!" | In his quest to become president, GOP candidate Newt Gingrich is reaching out to voters and their four-legged friends through a websit... (photo: WN / Marzena) Review Journal
Animals   Courts   Pets   Photos   Wikipedia: Animal   Zoo  
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn) Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
| From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
Climate   Development   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Natural resource  
Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Protesters continue to battle police in Egypt
| Clashes have continued in Egypt with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles, as the protesters demanded swift presidential election and ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) Al Jazeera
Egypt   Photos   Police   Protesters   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution  
Sauli Niinisto the National Coalition party candidate for the Finnish presidential election campaigns in Vantaa, Finland on Saturday Feb. 4, 2012 the day before the runoff of Finland's presidential election. Sauli Niinisto wins Finnish Presidential Elections
Helsinki: A former finance minister won Finland’s Presidential Election on Sunday and will become the country’s first conservative head of state in five decades. | Sa... (photo: AP / Roni Rekomaa) Zeenews
Elections   Finland   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Finnish presidential election, 2012  
Religion being exploited to derive political mileage: Farooq Religion being exploited to derive political mileage: Farooq
| Union Minister Farooq Abdullah warned people against forces exploiting religion at the time of elections for political mileage. | In a veiled attack on BJP for its prom... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Indian Express
India   People   Photos   Religion   Wikipedia: Farooq Abdullah  
In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo anti-government protesters carry the coffin of a slain protester, draped in the revolutionary flag, during the funeral of two comrades killed in earlier clashes in Idlib, north Syria. Syria crisis: China defends veto of UN resolution
Chinese state-run media have defended Beijing's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters. | China's top newspapers said the West... (photo: AP) BBC News
China   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Priyanka Vadra, right, waves to the crowd as she campaigns for her brother and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, April 11, 2009. India will hold general elections in five phases starting on April 16. Priyanka Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi 'not focussed' on PM job
Priyanka Gandhi, Congress party's star campaigner in Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, says brother Rahul is not focussed on becoming PM. | He is working to "bring ... (photo: AP) BBC News
Election   Parliament   Photos   Uttar Pradesh   Wikipedia: Government of Uttar Pradesh  
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
| The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
FILE - This Aug. 3, 2011 file image taken from Egyptian State Television shows Hosni Mubarak,83, lying on a hospital bed inside a cage of mesh and iron bars in a Cairo courtroom as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
| Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo's Torah prison hospital, a government official says. | Mubarak i... (photo: AP / Egyptian State TV, File) The Siasat Daily
Cairo   Hospital   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Hosni Mubarak  
U.S. President Barack Obama looks on during the G8 Summit, in L'Aquila, Italy, Thursday, July 9, 2009 It’s risky to attack Iran: Obama
Washington: US President Barack Obama said on Sunday there were important risks to consider before any military strike against Iran and made clear he does not want to see... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari) Zeenews
Iran   Photos   United States   Washington   Wikipedia: American military action against Iran  
President Obama interview Obama says he deserves re-election, job's not done
| WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation's economic troubles. | Obama said in a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC that ... (photo: Public Domain / White House) The Guardian
Economy   Election   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012  
This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here. Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke
| FORMER Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised for what officials have described as "hypertension with a possibility of a stroke". | The 77-y... (photo: AP) The Australian
Crimes   Panama   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Manuel Noriega  
President Barack Obama delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London, Conn., Wednesday, May 18, 2011. US and Israel working together on Iran, says Obama
The US is working closely with Israel to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama has said. | He told NBC he believed Israel had not yet decided... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) BBC News
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Wikipedia: U.S. sanctions against Iran  
The leaders of the three parties backing Greece's coalition government, George Papandreou, right, Giorgos Karatzaferis, left, and Antonis Samaras, 2nd left, meet with Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, 2nd from left, in Athens on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Greece’s effort to secure second bailout stalls
| ATHENS — Greece’s efforts to secure a second $171 billion international bailout and avoid a default next month stalled Sunday. | Prime Minister Lucas Papademos met ... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis) The Dallas Morning News
Bailout   Economy   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis  
Sheikh Zayed highway towers are seen at the skyline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Dubai World, the emirate's main holding company, said Thursday it is shifting executives and real estate from its property division Nakheel to the investment fund that owns Barneys New York and part of Cirque Du Soleil as it scrambles to convince lenders it can pay back its debts. Dubai abandons $10bn debt restructuring
Dubai's government has walked away from the $10bn (£6.3bn) debt restructuring of one of its biggest conglomerates, leaving creditors, including the Royal Bank of Sc... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) The Daily Telegraph
Banks   Debt   Dubai   Photos   Wikipedia: Dubai  
 KLps1 - December06 - Shanghai China - Night View - Shanghai Bund - Oriental Pearl Tower - Chinas Economy - Tourism - Skycrapers. (ps1)  China is the world’s top travel destinations
|  Sahit Muja: China its the world’s top travel destinations Everyone is talking about China' economy, so why not talking about tourism.   ... (photo: WN/Patricia) The Examiner
China   Economy   Photos   Travel   USA   Wikipedia: China