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US, Pakistani officials believe Mehsud is dead: report (AFP)

AFP – Pakistani and US officials are increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was behind the suicide attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike, Th…

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Beyonce is early leader with 4 Grammys; Gaga has 2 (AP)

AP – Beyonce, the top Grammy nominee with 10 bids, has the early lead after winning four trophies during the pre-telecast ceremony.

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Ignatieff sketches out ‘doable’ Senate reform ideas

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff laid out some broad Senate reform ideas Sunday, including term limits and a curb on the prime minister’s ability to stack the Upper House with his own picks.

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Ignatieff sketches out ‘doable’ Senate reform ideas

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff laid out some broad Senate reform ideas Sunday, including term limits and a curb on the prime minister’s ability to stack the Upper House with his own picks.

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Pakistan Taliban deny leader killed

"It is a total lie," a spokesman for the group told Reuters by telephone from northwest Pakistan, referring to a report on Pakistani state television.Pakistan's military said earlier it was …

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Pakistan Taliban deny leader Hakimullah killed

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban denied a report on Sunday that their leader Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a U.S. drone aircraft strike.

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Malawi’s president elected African Union leader

Malawi’s president has been elected as leader of the African Union, a position held by the eccentric dictator Moammar Gadhafi of Libya for the last year.

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in World |

Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

Good morning.The Sunday shows will undoubtedly be consumed with the week that was. And, it won’t be just the State of the Union. Several GOP House leaders, including John Boehner on NBC and Paul Ryan on FOX, will be trying to spin themselves out of …

[ More ] January 31st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Politics |

Slain leader helped Gaza get arms

A supporter of Hamas holds a picture of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander during his funeral at al-Yarmouk camp near Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 29.

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Gaddafi loses job as African Union head

The African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia has got off to bad start for Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi. He has failed in his attempt to stay on as chairman of the bloc for another year…

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