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10:46 PM EST
1/27/2012 Republican presidential candidates talk tough on Cuba, VenezuelaChances the U.S. government will improve relations with Cuba and Venezuela if Republicans win the next presidential election appeared to dim during the Florida primary debate Thursday evening. Major candidates, such as Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, both advocated a hard line toward the socialist regimes of Cuba and Venezuela.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Candidates, Diplomacy, International Relations, Political Campaigns

4:15 PM EST
1/26/2012 Romney and Gingrich get mean heading into Florida caucusThe upcoming Republican caucuses in Florida are turning into a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, according to the latest polls.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary, Political Campaigns, Political Candidates

7:26 AM EST
1/18/2012 White House labels Gingrich 'food stamp President' remark as 'crazy'The White House took the opportunity on Tuesday to take journalists down memory lane to the dark fiscal days of George W. Bush’s tenure when “the economy was contracting -- or had contracted in the previous quarter, the last quarter of President Bush's term in office, by nearly 9 percent.”

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Election, Political Campaigns, Primary

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1/15/2012 South Carolina primary election to test immigration policyThe upcoming South Carolina Republican primary election on Jan. 21 is turning into a test of U.S. immigration policy. Republican candidates are trying to respond to public outrage about illegal immigration but at the same time appeal to Hispanic voters.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Campaigns, Migration, Political Candidates

12:26 PM EST
12/28/2011 Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson drops plans to run for 3rd termU.S. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) dealt a blow to the Democratic Party by announcing he has dropped plans to seek a third term. Nelson is the seventh member of the Senate Democratic Caucus to announce he will not run for re-election.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Public Officials, Election, Political Campaigns, Parliament, Upper House

12:50 PM EST
12/12/2011 Myanmar’s opposition party unveils voting emblemMyanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party on Monday unveiled its logo in its bid to re-enter the political arena.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Election, Political Campaigns

6:14 PM EST
11/10/2011 New Jersey Gov. Christie hits the campaign trail for RomneyNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken up the trail to support his friend, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. After countless articles debating whether or not Christie would run for president himself, the first-term governor is making good on a promise to support Romney.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Campaigns

12:13 PM EST
11/10/2011 Perry says Sorry, oops and that he won't step downWednesday's Republican debate appeared to narrow the field after a gaffs and gaps.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Campaigns

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11/2/2011 Hindu Americans denounce aspirant remarks in Kentucky gubernatorial raceThe anti-job creation policy of the Republicans got another proof as a Kentucky Republican and gubernatorial post hopeful sparked angry reaction from Hindu-American community on Wednesday for criticizing the incumbent Governor for participation in a Hindu ceremony as “idolatrous.”

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Campaigns, Religion And Belief, Hinduism, Labor, Employment, Labor Market

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10/7/2011 Jewish body criticizes GOP event scheduled on Yom KippurA summit this weekend expected to draw a majority of the Republican presidential candidates has drawn criticism from a prominent Jewish group because it is scheduled on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

Source:AHN Topics:Religion And Belief, Religious Festival Or Holiday, Yom Kippur, Politics, Politics, Political Development, Election, Political Campaigns