Auction of purported vial of Reagan’s blood halted

May 24th, 2012 - 

(Reuters) – The British company that had been auctioning what it said was a vial of the late U.S.

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Foundation objects to auction of purported vial of Reagan’s blood

May 22nd, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Ronald Reagan’s foundation expressed outrage on Monday at a British company’s auction of what it says is a vial of the late U.S.

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Venezuela challenger woos Chavez’s rural heartland

May 14th, 2012 - 

SOCOPO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Deep in the rural home state of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that has for years been off limits for opposition politicians, rival candidate Henrique Capriles struggled to push through a throng of screaming supporters. Small-time ranchers and farmers swarmed the muddy streets of Socopo, where the Venezuelan plains meet the Andes mountains, jostling to catch a glimpse of the candidate in a chaotic tumult reminiscent of the cattle herding typical of the region

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Chavez shows strength after Cuba cancer treatment

May 12th, 2012 - 

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigor after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumors he was dying five months before an election. The socialist Chavez, who had only been seen live in public once in the previous month, addressed the nation after flying back from Havana where he has completed six rounds of radiation therapy.

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Obama-Clooney fundraiser rakes in celebrity dollars

May 9th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (The Wrap.com) – If President Obama has ever acted cool in courting celebrities, on Thursday he’ll be dropping that act and heading for the mother lode. In what’s shaping up to be one of the biggest one-off fundraisers in the history of the presidency, Obama will pitch to a houseful of boosters from Hollywood’s inner circles at a sold-out event in Studio City. And it’s not just any house – it’s George Clooney’s 7,354-square-foot crib

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Johnson biographer Caro says political genius is his subject

April 30th, 2012 - 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Robert Caro has spent almost 40 years writing his monumental prize-winning biography of President Lyndon Johnson, but says it is not the 1960s leader that held his fascination for so long, but how political power works in America.

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Analysis: South Africa’s Zuma on track for second term

April 24th, 2012 - 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma is the favorite to win a second term to lead the ruling ANC in a race dominated by factional politics instead of policy reforms for Africa’s most powerful economy. More than a dozen insiders in the ruling African National Congress told Reuters that Zuma had the race in hand even though there are strong factions in the party who want him out and could make things difficult. “It’s Zuma’s race to lose,” said one senior ANC member

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Air Force Two carrying Biden struck by birds, lands safely

April 20th, 2012 - 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Air Force Two plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden was struck by birds in California on Thursday, a spokeswoman for his office said, but it landed without problem and the vice president, passengers and crew were safe at all times.

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Obama to appear on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon"

April 20th, 2012 - 

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – President Barack Obama will trade the jokers in Washington for another funnyman next Tuesday.

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South African President Zuma marries for sixth time

April 20th, 2012 - 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s polygamous President Jacob Zuma married for the sixth time on Friday, taking his long-time girlfriend Bongi Ngema as his newest bride and fourth current wife in a private ceremony at his rural home. Ngema, an activist and former information technology worker, is well known in South Africa and has already accompanied the president on foreign visits

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