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Will U.S. End Up in War With Iran in 2012?

US Aircraft Carrier near Strait of Hormuz
The latest threat comes days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against Iran's central bank which processes most of the country's oil-export payments. Obama and other leaders, including European Union foreign ministers set to meet in Brussels on Jan. 30 to consider a oil-export ban on Iran, hope more sanctions will slow the country from further developing its nuclear weapons program.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum

Santorum sends Iowa caucus rivals scrambling

With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.
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American GOP Nomination Primary Iowa 2012

Republicans Scour Iowa for Undecided Voters

Republican White House hopefuls scoured Iowa for undecided voters on Saturday and front-runner Mitt Romney argued that he is the best to take on President Barack Obama as time ran short before the first votes of the 2012 election season.
US Aircraft Carrier near Strait of Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz, Iran Threat Looms Large Into 2012 for U.S., World

As America begins to put its military pieces back together again after the end to a nine-year campaign in Iraq amid threats from Iran that it may close the Strait of Hormuz, the most vital corridor for oil-tanker traffic in the world, the reality is that another conflict may be looming in the Middle East.
Yahoo Picks Former PayPal Chair as New CEO

Yahoo Has Potential Bidder in Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc. in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership fail.
Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Was Gay, Claims New Book

Apparently, the mysteries shrouding the man termed as the most peculiar and haunted of presidents could be even more complicated than previously thought. A new book titled, Nixon's Darkest Secrets: The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled President, by Don Fulsom, a longtime White House reporter and former United Press International Washington bureau chief, has claimed that the former U.S. President Richard Nixon was involved in a homosexual affair with confidante Charle...
Vladimir Putin

5 Most Important People for 2012

Who will be the five people to shape 2012? It could be anyone on list, or it could be none of them. Such is the state of geopolitics at this important moment in history.
U.S. National Debt

Obama to Ask for $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase

The Obama administration plans to seek an increase in the nation's borrowing power, less than half a year after a debt ceiling debate cost the U.S. its stellar credit rating and brought government to a dead halt.
Boko Haram Claim Responsibility for Christmas Day Bombings

39 Dead in Nigeria Christmas Day Bomb Attacks, Boko Haram Claims Responsibility

At least 39 people are reported dead in Nigeria after a series of church bombings during holiday services and one suicide bomber attack by Muslim extremists left a horrifying mark on Christmas Day. As world leaders condemn the attacks, Nigerians ask why President Jonathon failed to prevent them, with some youths rioting and setting up burning barricades in the street.
Republicans fume as Keystone oil pipeline rejected

Obama has options to delay Keystone pipeline

President Barack Obama has options to kill or delay the Canada-to-Texas oil sands pipeline despite language in the payroll tax bill that forces him to make a decision on a permit by late February.
John Boehner

Lawmakers Strike Payroll Tax Deal

House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday caved in to a growing chorus of criticism from both within and outside his Republican party and agreed to a short-term deal to extend a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans.

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