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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates competed to be the most hawkish on Iran and favorable to Israel before the powerful pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC on Tuesday, telling Iran it would be in real danger if it goes nuclear while they are in the White House. "If Iran doesn't get rid of nuclear facilities, we will tear them down ourselves," said Rick Santorum, the conservative former senator whose views on the subject already were well known. In January, Santorum said he would be in favor of launching U.S. air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. ...
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Republican candidates bid to be toughest on Iran
Libyan leader says autonomy call a foreign plot
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The head of Libya's interim leadership warned of a foreign-inspired plot to break the country up on Tuesday after civic leaders in an eastern province declared they would run their own affairs. About 3,000 delegates in the eastern city of Benghazi announced they were setting up a council to run Cyrenaica, the province which is home to Libya's biggest oil fields, in defiance of the central government in Tripoli. ...
"Lipstick Killer" dies after 66 years in Illinois prison
CHICAGO (Reuters) - William Heirens, known as the "Lipstick Killer" because he once scrawled in lipstick on the wall of a victim's apartment a plea for someone to catch him before he murdered again, has died after nearly 66 years in an Illinois prison, authorities said. His actions later became the basis for the 1956 Fritz Lang film, "While the City Sleeps. ...
Obama: Diplomacy can stop Iran from getting bomb
President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that diplomacy can still resolve the crisis over Iran's possible pursuit of nuclear weapons, and he accused his Republican critics of "beating the drums of war."
Obama says concerned about global oil output
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is concerned about oil output around the world as gasoline prices soar and is looking to ease bottlenecks at U.S. refineries to help ease prices at home. Republicans have slammed Obama for oil prices that are trading at more than $100 a barrel in New York ahead of November's presidential election, saying he needs to open up more domestic drilling. "We are concerned about what's happening in terms of production around the world, it's not just what's happening in the Gulf," Obama said at a White House press conference. ...
Syrian torture increasingly serious, U.N. investigator
(Reuters) - A video aired by a British television station purporting to show Syrian patients being tortured in hospital appears to support increasingly grave allegations pointing to crimes against humanity, the U.N. torture investigator said on Tuesday. Juan Mendez, United Nations special rapporteur on torture worldwide, said that while he had not seen the Channel 4 video, it seemed in line with recent reports he has received on Syrian forces torturing opponents. "Unfortunately this new allegation is consistent with what my mandate (office) has been receiving over the last several months. ...
What Does "Having Israel's Back" Mean? - Today's Q's for O - 3/6/2012
TAPPER: Thank you, Mr. President. What kind of assurances did you give Prime Minister Netanyahu about the role that the U.S. would play if diplomacy and economic sanctions fail to work to convince Iran’s leaders to change their behavior and Israel goes ahead and prepares...
Two UK Murdoch journalists in apparent suicide bids
LONDON (Reuters) - Two senior journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News International have apparently attempted suicide as pressure mounts at the scandal-hit publisher of the now-defunct News of the World, London's Evening Standard reported Tuesday. Three sources close to the company confirmed that the two Sun journalists appeared to have tried to take their own lives, as investigations sparked by a phone-hacking scandal continue to expose other dubious practices by present and past employees. ...
Four Greek pension funds refuse to join debt swap: official
(Reuters) - Most Greek pension funds holding Greek sovereign debt have agreed to take part in a bond exchange to ease the country's debt burden but four have refused to do so, a Greek official said on Tuesday. The pension funds have come under pressure from workers' unions worried the writedown on Greek debt holdings will affect the viability of their funds. About eight or nine funds have agreed to take part but pension funds for journalists, police, the self-employed and hotel workers - which hold Greek debt worth 2 billion euros - have refused, the official said. ...
Republicans clash with Obama on Iranian response
President Barack Obama and the Republican presidential hopefuls clashed Tuesday over how to address Iran's nuclear program. The Republican contenders accused Obama of weakness, while Obama blasted back that presidents do not launch wars lightly.
GOP hopefuls clash with Obama on Iranian response
President Barack Obama and the Republican presidential hopefuls clashed Tuesday over how to address Iran's nuclear program. The GOP contenders accused Obama of weakness, while Obama blasted back that presidents don't launch wars lightly.
Gorbachev says Russia should discuss fresh election
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said Tuesday he was troubled by a presidential election in which Vladimir Putin claimed victory and called for a discussion of whether to hold a new election. Prime Minister Putin says he won the election fairly but international monitors said the vote was skewed in his favor. Putin's opponents accept that he won the most votes but say the official election results exaggerate his popularity. ...
'I Understand You Have a Panel,' Gingrich Tells a Panel-Less AIPAC
Newt Gingrich apparently has been so busy campaigning all around Georgia that he hasn’t had time to sleep, or even write a speech for the AIPAC crowd. Moments before he was set to video-stream live to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Gingrich was caught...
Super Tuesday voters have their say in GOP race
Mitt Romney is angling to solidify his front-runner status and Rick Santorum to keep it a two-man race as voters in 10 states put Super Tuesday's imprint on the Republican presidential contest. Newt Gingrich just hopes to keep his struggling campaign alive with a strong showing in Georgia.
Obama: GOP candidates display 'casualness' on war
President Barack Obama says Republicans on the presidential campaign trail display casualness about war when they urge military action to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Obama pushes back at GOP critics on gas prices
President Barack Obama is pushing back at some Republican critics who say he actually wants gas prices to increase.
Obama announces new housing initiatives
President Obama is announcing new mortgage relief for members of the military and veterans as well as homeowners with government-insured loans. The initiatives are the latest administration attempt to help borrowers struggling under a depressed housing market.
President Obama's Tuition Proposal Will Ultimately Hurt Students (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama is making a proposal that would withhold federal money from colleges and universities that are unable to control rising tuition costs, according to ABC News. As a political/business consultant, I cannot stand with the president on this issue as the penalty for the problem would cause a worse problem for students. While the goal of keeping tuition costs down is strong, the end will not justify the means.
Is Obama the Rhetorical Rip-Off Artist Really a Republican? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address proved himself to be a Republican rhetoric rip-off artist. Obama stole key components of Jon Huntsman's stump speech and recycled one of Rick Perry's key phrases. As if stealing from drop-out candidates wasn't enough, he borrowed from Newt Gingrich, too.
GOP candidates' pitch to voters: I'm your leader (AP)
AP - The pitch from the Republican presidential contenders to voters sounds a lot like the children's game of follow the leader.
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