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- President rides anti-Sarkozy wave
- France elects socialist Francois Hollande as new president
- Syrian regime appears weaker daily
- Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, 1 killed
- Sarkozy joins defeated rulers
- Serbia to see runoff
- Congress: Taliban is stronger
| President rides anti-Sarkozy wave Posted: 06 May 2012 05:19 PM PDT PARIS -- Just one year ago, the idea that Francois Hollande would become France's next president would have been laughed at -- even by some of his political allies. Hollande had long been sidelined from France's national affairs. Longtime friends ... |
| France elects socialist Francois Hollande as new president Posted: 06 May 2012 05:18 PM PDT PARIS -- Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France's next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how France flexes its military and diplomatic muscle arou ... |
| Syrian regime appears weaker daily Posted: 06 May 2012 05:19 PM PDT BEIRUT -- President Bashar Assad's grip on Syria is getting weaker by the day and "victory is close," Turkey's prime minister said Sunday in an address to thousands of cheering Syrians who fled a brutal crackdown on an anti-regime uprising. Recep ... |
| Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, 1 killed Posted: 06 May 2012 05:17 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier killed a NATO trooper before being shot to death in return fire Sunday in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks against foreigners blamed on government forces within their own ranks. Nearly ... |
| Posted: 06 May 2012 05:19 PM PDT Nicolas Sarkozy, defeated Sunday in France's presidential runoff by Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, joins a series of European leaders booted from office because of public anger over austerity measures and economic crisis. Almost every cris ... |
| Posted: 06 May 2012 05:19 PM PDT BELGRADE, Serbia -- A pro-European Union candidate and a nationalist opponent are headed for a runoff in Serbia's presidential elections, while the ruling pro-Western party is likely to form the next coalition government, independent pollsters said S ... |
| Posted: 06 May 2012 05:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010. The pessimistic report by Sen. Dianne Feinstei ... |
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