| Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title
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 AP - The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children's game: Follow the leader.
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| Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability
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 AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: that he is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama. Even some of his supporters seem to be struggling to buy the former House speaker's claim, an indication that chief rival Mitt Romney's efforts to undercut him may be working.
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| College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan
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 AP - Illinois State University President Al Bowman says President Barack Obama's proposal to tie federal support to tuition controls is a product of "fuzzy math." His counterpart at the University of Washington calls it little more than "political theater."
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| AP Interview: Roubini warns of tough times ahead
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 AP - Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom" for his gloomy predictions in the run-up to the financial meltdown four years ago, says the fallout from that crisis could last the rest of this decade.
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| Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early
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 AP - France's plans to withdraw its combat troops from Afghanistan a year early drew harsh words Saturday in the Afghan capital, with critics accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of putting his re-election campaign ahead of Afghans' safety.
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| Despair, crackdowns breed more violence in Tibet
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 AP - A young man posts his photo with a leaflet demanding freedom for Tibet and telling Chinese police, come and get me. Protesters rise up to defend him, and demonstrations break out in two other Tibetan areas of western China to support the same cause.
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