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Election 2012
3:00 am
Thu December 22, 2011

Super Pac Has Internet Fun At Gingrich's Expense

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The Democratic political action committee American Bridge 21st Century has taken over the website newtgingrich.com. Visitors to the site — which is not controlled by Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign — were re-directed to, among other things, the website Tiffany & Co., and to articles critical of the former House speaker.

Election 2012
3:00 am
Thu December 22, 2011

Romney Spends Another Day Campaigning In New Hampshire

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is campaigning hard in New Hampshire, which holds its primary on January tenth. The former Massachusetts Governor had four events on Wednesday, there is seven on Thursday and more on Friday..

Music
12:26 am
Thu December 22, 2011

A Church, An Oratorio And An Enduring Tradition

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The interior of the renowned Marienkirche church, where Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio is traditionally performed.
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Originally published on Thu December 22, 2011 10:17 am

Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio was first performed in Leipzig on Christmas Day in 1734. In Germany, no matter what the economic and political times, it's the Christmas work. In the oldest functioning church in Berlin, the 13th-century Saint Mary's, performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a fixed tradition.

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Newt Gingrich
11:01 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Gingrich's Catholic Journey Began With Third Wife

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Any discussion of Newt Gingrich's journey to Catholicism begins with his wife.

"I have always been a very spiritual person," Callista Gingrich told the Christian Broadcasting Network this year. "I start each day with a prayer, and pray throughout the day, because I am grateful for the many blessings that God has bestowed upon us."

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Asia
11:01 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

U.S. And Pakistan Relations: From Bad To Worse

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Relations between the U.S. military and the Pakistan military have become even more strained since American forces were involved in a shooting last month that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead. Here, Pakistani soldiers march during a ceremony in September.
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Students shout anti-U.S. slogans during a protest in Karachi this month. Pakistanis say that NATO force deliberately killed Pakistani soldiers last month, while the Americans have called it a tragic accident.
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Originally published on Thu December 22, 2011 10:04 am

In Pakistan, transit routes for NATO supply trucks heading to Afghanistan remain shut. The CIA drone missile program has gone quiet in Pakistan's tribal area. Pakistan's government has called for a re-negotiation of its troubled relationship with the U.S.

All of this is fallout from an attack on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last month in which NATO fire from helicopter gunships killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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