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Top business story in '12: Sluggish global economy
This would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor. At least that's what many had hoped. It didn't happen. The three largest ...
UK High Court blocks drone intelligence challenge
Britain's High Court on Friday blocked a legal bid for an inquiry into the possible role of the country's spy agencies in aiding covert CIA drone ...
Venezuela court could decide on Chavez swearing-in
The president of Venezuela's Supreme Court said Thursday that it could decide whether it's constitutional to postpone the date of ailing President ...
AP poll: Mass shootings voted top 2012 news story
The horrific massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012, ...
Venezuela VP hopes Chavez can be sworn in Jan. 10
Venezuela's vice president said on Wednesday that the government is still aiming for President Hugo Chavez to be sworn in for a new term as scheduled ...
Obama's call for action against gun violence
President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act to reduce gun violence.
Bork nomination fight altered judicial selection
Conservatives wanted Robert H. Bork on the Supreme Court. They wound up with Anthony Kennedy, the key vote in reaffirming a woman's right to an ...

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