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  • June 2008

    • NRA Targets Obama, but Does Anyone Care?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      NRA Targets Obama, but Does Anyone Care?

      (Newser) - The NRA is aiming both barrels at Barack Obama, but the gun rights group is no longer a formidable GOP weapon, the LA Times reports. Congress hasn’t passed gun control laws in 14 years, and Democrats are terrified to touch the issue, scarred from old campaigns. In other words, the NRA has won—and is a victim of its own success. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election  • gun control  • NRA  • special interests

  • May 2008

    • Lebanon Picks Prez, Ends 6-Month Crisis

      Washington Post  |  May 25, 08 5:26 PM CDT

      Lebanon Picks Prez, Ends 6-Month Crisis

      (Newser) - Lebanon elected its first leader in 6 months today by naming Gen. Michel Suleiman as president, the Washington Post reports. Fireworks filled the sky to a chorus of car honks after Suleiman secured the post with a near-unanimous 118 of 127 parliamentary votes. But the nation remains torn between US-Saudi backing and the forces of Hezbollah. More »

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      election  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Beirut  • Qatar  • Lebanon War  • Michel Suleiman  • Gen Michel Suleiman  • General Michel Suleiman

    • Landing Obama Last Minute Has Wesleyan Scurrying

      Hartford Courant (Conn.)  |  May 23, 08 2:55 PM CDT

      Landing Obama Last Minute Has Wesleyan Scurrying

      (Newser) - Wesleyan University is happy that ailing Ted Kennedy found someone to take his place as commencement speaker Sunday, the Hartford Courant reports—though the fact that it's Barack Obama has created some logistical issues on the small Connecticut campus. "It'll be pretty crazy," an administrator says of the event, usually open to the public but rarely bringing the kind of crowds the Democratic front-runner tends to draw. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • election  • college  • Ted Kennedy  • Barack Obama supporters  • commencement speech

    • India's IT Hub Challenging Politics as Usual

      Reuters  |  May 20, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      India's IT Hub Challenging Politics as Usual

      (Newser) - For years, Bangalore—India’s answer to Silicon Valley—has endured traffic jams, power blackouts and a chaotic airport that businesses blame on politicians who’ve ignored the city’s IT elites to court rural voters. Now, Reuters reports, an updated constituency map giving urban voters more clout has hope high for change after state elections end Thursday. More »

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      India  • election  • voters  • outsourcing  • Bangalore  • tech industry

    • Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      BBC  |  May 11, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      (Newser) - Serbia's president declared victory today as voters favored his pro-West bloc by 10 points in early returns, BBC reports. President Boris Tadic called the election a vote for EU integration but maintained his stand against an independent Kosovo. If Tadic's party wins, it still must forge a wider coalition—which rivals say they can beat with a larger nationalist alliance. More »

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      European Union  • election  • Serbia  • voting  • Boris Tadic

    • Clinton Aides Start to Believe Own Spin

      Politico  |  May 1, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Clinton Aides Start to Believe Own Spin

      (Newser) - Optimism is spreading through Hillary Clinton’s once-dispirited war room, Politico reports, as a series of wins accumulate in their candidate’s column: fundraising has rushed in since Pennsylvania, she's collected some well-timed endorsements, she’s bobbed up in the polls, and Barack Obama is once again afflicted by Jeremiah Wright. All of which makes Clinton’s advisers believe that her comeback-kid rhetoric might actually have legs. More »

  • April 2008
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