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Mitt Romney is trying to win hearts and minds this hour in Nevada, a battleground state still recovering from one of the worst foreclosure and unemployment rates in the nation. His running mate Paul Ryan was in Ohio, where he promised a new White Hou

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Im Wolf Blitzer for Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. Mitt Romney tries to make his now famous strong remarks about the 47%, 100% better, awesome. I take over the ridiculous. Lets get started. We begin with Mitt Romneys attempt at making his n

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澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-04-29

Australia is poised to become the first country to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. From 2012, the Federal Government will ban all brand names on cigarette packets. But it will still be compulsory to carry graphic warnings. The Australian ar

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Well, Mitt Romney is in Poland tonight, the final stop on a three-country trip that's made headlines, some favorable, others not so much. His remarks on the Olympics angered some British. He walked them back. His remarks in Israel on why the Palestin

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So Ron Paul supports Michael Steele's comments about the Afghan war. Well, there's one, because many Republicans are ripping him apart and wishing the party head would think before he jams his foot in the party's mouth. In case you missed it, here's

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Speaking on French radio, the Secretary of State responsible for European affairs, Pierre Lellouche, described the EU Commissioner's comments as a gaffe. He said France is a great state and as a founding member of the European Union should be address

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