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Republicans seek a path to revival

Divisions still threaten a party buoyed by wins in recent elections Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell of Virginia agreets the the crowd at his victory party on Thursday. Steele: Victory in New Jersey 'huge' Nov. 4: RNC...

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Is There Any Hope For Agreement at Copenhagen?

If you want to give a U.N. climate change negotiator indigestion, which isn't terribly hard to do these days, mention three letters: W-T-O. That stands for the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with supervising...

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Health Bill Earns One Republican Vote

Health Bill Earns One Republican Vote By David M. Herszenhorn Surprise. House Democrats were thrilled by the passage of their major health care legislation, but perhaps no development on Saturday tickled them more than winning...

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Foxx's victory may signal shift to Dems in Charlotte

When Pat McCrory first ran for mayor of Charlotte in 1995, the Republican Party enjoyed a home-field advantage: 73 percent of the city voters were white, many of whom reliably chose the GOP on election day. But the electorate...

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Sudan politicians report widespread electoral fraud

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's political parties accused each other of widespread fraud and intimidation as voters began to register for the oil-producing state's first multi-party elections in 24 years.

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Maori Party backers happy with coalition (NZPA)

More than two thirds of Maori Party supporters believe the party did the right thing in joining the National government coalition following last year's General Election, according to a survey. The Marae-DigiPoll survey of 1002...

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Celebrating victory of man they mentored

At a gala dinner in Washington Tuesday night, Mel Watt found himself sitting next to civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height when his BlackBerry lit up with the news that Anthony Foxx had been elected mayor of Charlotte. "Both of...

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Krugman: Health care might not be Obama's Waterloo, but it could be his Anzio

Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Barack Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats'...

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Timeline of events leading to communism's collapse

By The Associated Press (AP) - and are executed Christmas Day. _ Dec. 29: Communist rule ends in Czechoslovakia; dissident Vaclav Havel elected president. _ Oct. 3: Germany is reunited. _ Dec. 9: Lech Walesa wins Poland's first...

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Bennett's anti-Obama TV ad is first of 2010 race

The 2009 election ended Tuesday, and the first 2010 election TV ad by a local candidate aired Thursday when Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, attacked not the many conservatives who are challenging him but instead took a shot at...

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