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Myanmar to Float Currency in 2012/13, Unify FX Rates

Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency in the fiscal year starting in April and wants to develop an interbank money market to end a black-market currency system that critics say deters investment and abets kleptocracy.
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Republicans Slam Obama Despite Positive February Jobs Report

Obama's Transgender Ex-Nanny Living in Fear in Indonesian Slum: 'I Didn't Want To Die'

Before he became president, Barry Obama was an eight-year-old boy living in Indonesia under the care of Evie, a transgender woman in Jakarta. Today, his ex-nanny is forced to hide her identity to avoid being beaten or killed, and her powerful story sheds a light on the abuse suffered by the transgender community at the hands of orthodox Muslims in Indonesia.
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An Attack on Iran is Israel's Right: Netanyahu

Sitting in the Oval Office before his much publicized, but private, meeting with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has the right to “defend itself, by itself.”
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McCain to Urge US. Air Strikes on Syria Army

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, in a speech Monday, is expected to call on President Barack Obama's administration to authorize U.S. air strikes against the Syrian army, which is brutally cracking down on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
Republicans Slam Obama Despite Positive February Jobs Report

Obama Is Growing a Spine -- Or Not

When folks think about President Barack Obama, two specific adjectives flash across millions of American minds: foreign-born and duplicitous. He also reads teleprompters very well.
Republicans Slam Obama Despite Positive February Jobs Report

Obama’s AIPAC Speech: International Response

President Obama had some strong words for Iran during his speech on Sunday, but was optimistic about the impact of continued economic sanctions. Reactions to his comments have been largely positive, although interpretations have varied greatly in both Israel and the United States.
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Obama and Netanyahu Meet: War, Politics and Iran

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting on Monday to discuss the ever-intensifying topic of Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a military strike.

US to Lay Out Case for Killing Citizens Suspected of Terrorism

Attorney General Eric Holder will give a speech Monday outlining the legal justification for use of deadly force in the assassination of U.S.-born al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, according to an official in President Barack Obama's administration.
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Steve Bridges Dies At 48: Best of George W. Bush Impersonator [VIDEO]

Bridges, best known for his impression of President George W. Bush, President Barack Obama and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was found dead Saturday in his Los Angeles home at age 48. Watch his most masterful performances here, including when he and President Bush spoke side-by-side at the White House Correspondent's Association dinner in 2006.
Ron Paul on Iran at Arizona Republican Debate: Answer Gets Boos and Cheers

Ron Paul Unimpressed by Limbaugh Apology

Rep. Ron Paul expressed doubt Sunday that Rush Limbaugh was sincere when he apologized for calling a law student a slut over her support for President Barack Obama's new policy on insurance coverage of contraceptives.
Super Tuesday Ohio Primary Results: Mitt Romney Wins, but What Does It Mean?

Romney Closes in on Santorum in Ohio Poll

Mitt Romney closed in on Rick Santorum in Ohio and picked up a crucial endorsement in Virginia on Sunday as he grows in strength ahead of Super Tuesday, the biggest day yet in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

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