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Wednesday February 08, 2012
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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International News
US carries out second drone strike in Pakistan in 2 days; 3 suspected militants killed
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, killing three suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days, Pakistani intelligence officials said....
Greek bailout talks hit snag over pension cuts, main points agreed
ATHENS, Greece - Crucial talks aimed at averting Greece's bankruptcy were held up early Thursday after leaders of the three parties backing the country's coalition government failed to agree to creditors' demands to make €300 million ($398....
President's convoy stoned on campaign trail ahead of tense election
DAKAR, Senegal - Demonstrators hurled stones at the convoy carrying Senegal's aging president to the regional capital of Thies, where he held a campaign rally Wednesday, according to witnesses and a private radio station....
Will Santorum finally be the candidate whose moment doesn't evaporate?
WASHINGTON - Rick Santorum was flying high on Wednesday, buoyed by his trio of triumphs in the Midwest over front-runner Mitt Romney and insisting he's the sought-after social conservative who can halt the former Massachusetts governor's...
At least 4 Balkan nations suspend shipping on freezing Danube River
SOFIA, Bulgaria - At least four Balkan nations have suspended shipping on the Danube River because of severe frost and the vast amount of ice blocking the heavily travelled waterway....
US man who raised questions about mental illness executed in Mississippi for robbery slayings
PARCHMAN, Miss. - An inmate in the southern U.S. state of Mississippi has been put to death....
