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SF archbishop speaks against immigration program

By: SUDHIN THANAWALA 01/29/12 1:47 PM
A federal program that checks the immigration status of people booked into local jails is tearing immigrant families apart, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco said at an interfaith gathering on Saturday. Read More

Santorum: Daughter with pneumonia recovering

By: PHILIP ELLIOTT 01/29/12 9:09 AM
Rick Santorum, Isabella Santorum
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours. Santorum spoke with Florida supporters by telephone from 3-year-old Bella's hospital room and said doctors hope she can go home in the next few days. Read More

Strike on summit day shows task at hand

By: RAF CASERT 01/29/12 8:01 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders meeting for a summit will only have to look out of the window to see the biggest problem with their steady diet of austerity and belt-tightening to fix the financial crisis: disgruntled workers organizing a nationwide strike to protest the direction in which Europe is heading. That is, if the 27 government leaders can even get to European Union headquarters in time for Monday's meeting. Read More

Gingrich: Romney 'carpet bombing' rival with ads

By: The Associated Press 01/29/12 7:45 AM
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich says Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney "has a basic policy of carpet bombing his opponent" and that the "old establishment" in the party is trying to block Gingrich's path to nomination. Gingrich tells "Fox News Sunday" that Romney has done little to bolster his own campaign and instead has focused on attacking his competitors. The former House speaker says conservatives should rally behind one candidate and punish Romney's negativity. Read More

Firing of TV host a victory for Pakistani liberals

By: ASHRAF KHAN 01/29/12 7:35 AM
MAY 25, 2010 FILE PHOTO
In a rare victory for Pakistani liberals, a private TV station decided to fire a popular morning show host after she sparked outrage by running around a public park trying to expose young, unmarried couples hanging out, a taboo in this conservative Muslim country. Read More

Congress tries to police itself on insider trading

By: LARRY MARGASAK 01/29/12 6:38 AM
Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 days. Read More

Some balking at Gingrich's insider-outsider claims

By: CHARLES BABINGTON 01/29/12 6:07 AM
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich is presenting an increasingly contradictory picture to Florida voters, portraying himself as an anti-establishment outsider and a consummate Washington insider, often in the same speech. While some voters happily embrace one or both sides of Gingrich's story, others are puzzled and troubled by a message that seems at war with itself. Read More

Jordan's king receives Hamas leader

By: JAMAL HALABY 01/29/12 5:09 AM
Khaled Mashaal
A high-profile visit to Jordan by the leader of Hamas has revived contacts with the Palestinian militant group, but Jordan will not lift a ban on its activities there, a senior Jordanian official said Sunday. Khaled Mashaal's visit was part of Jordan's efforts to engage with previously shunned Islamists, who have been gaining ground across the region in Arab Spring uprisings. Read More

Former Italian president Scalfaro dies at 93

By: The Associated Press 01/29/12 4:52 AM
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, a past president of Italy and a founding member of the former Christian Democrats, has died. He was 93. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano paid tribute to his predecessor as "a protagonist in the democratic political life" and called him an example of "moral integrity." Scalfaro died in Rome on Sunday. No cause of death was immediately reported. Read More

Egypt says it has ended US lobbyists' contract

By: MAGGIE MICHAEL 01/29/12 4:50 AM
Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it has ended a contract with three Washington lobbying firms to cut expenses, denying reports that the Americans were the ones to sever the contract. Read More
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