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Friday, 13 April 2012

President Obama signs bill to make it easier to raise capital

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Obama off to Colombia, but has an audience at home my SA

WASHINGTON (AP) — As high-level international conferences go, President Barack Obama's trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia is a nod to Woody Allen's maxim that "80 percent of success is just showing up." It's a principle that has value not only in Latin America, but also here at home....

Obama sticks up for Ann Romney in working mom flap my SA

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sticking up for Ann Romney, the wife of Republican rival Mitt Romney and the target of a Democratic operative who suggested that she's unqualified to speak about the economy's tolls because she's "never worked a day in her life." "It was the wrong thing to...

Zimmerman in court to hear charge Asbury Park Press

SANFORD, FLA. - Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first court appearance Thursday afternoon on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman, 28, shook his head and said "yes" when the judge asked him questions about the charge...

Obama Keeps Eye on U.S. Politics at Latin America Summit Bloomberg

President Barack Obama leaves today for a trip to a summit in Latin America that may have as much resonance in domestic politics as in hemispheric economics. Discussions at the meeting of North and South American leaders in the resort city of Cartagena, Colombia, will cover trade, economic growth...

Malawi's new president takes charge with energy Newsday

BLANTYRE, Malawi - (AP) -- In less than a week in office, Malawi's first woman president has shown decisiveness and energy that are no...

Uganda anti-graft chief to press ministers' case Newsday

KAMPALA, Uganda - (AP) -- Uganda's top anti-graft official says he plans to take a corruption case against three influential government ministers to the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that he lacked the ability to try the suspects. The case, once seen as a test of the government's resolve...

Syrian opposition calls for mass protests Newsday

Photos BEIRUT - (AP) -- Syrian forces tightened security in public squares and outside mosques Friday as a fragile, U.N.-brokered truce faced its first major test with opposition leaders calling for widespread protests across the country....

Brooklyn school leader charged with fraud Newsday

Quick ReadBrooklyn charter schools leader charged with fraud (AP) -- The head of a group of charter schools in Brooklyn has been indicted of bilking the state of more than $70,000 in taxes. Eddie Calderon-Melendez was charged with tax fraud, grand larceny and falsifying business records. State...

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