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...probable Republican primary voters by Public Policy Polling (PPP) has Hutchison in a virtual tie with Medina when the poll's 4.8% margin of error is considered: 39% for Perry, 28% for Hutchison and 24% for Medina. A relatively new polling organization, PPP made one prescient recent call: it predicted a 51%-to-46% win by Republican Scott Brown in the stunning Massachusetts Senate race; the final...
...conference in Miami, the IOC made little progress in drafting concrete guidelines to help sports federations handle athletes with what some doctors call "disorders of sex development" (DSDs). But it did recommend establishing "centers of excellence" around the world that would be equipped to treat athletes with DSDs. IOC medical commission chairman Arne Ljungqvist says the centers would offer everything from hormone therapy to surgery...
...sees integration with Europe as a path to higher living standards and wants close but not slavish relations with Moscow. Observers say that after 2004, Yanukovych's understanding of democracy evolved. "In 2007, when Yushchenko wanted to dissolve parliament, [then Prime Minister] Yanukovych's first reaction was to call Javier Solana and ask for mediation," says Olha Shumylo, director of the International Center for Policy Studies in Kiev. "This shows he sees the E.U. as an anchor of democracy...
...mats, while another featured a live broadcast from Iran's state radio. Every block housed a truck or tent with people handing out free juice or snacks, which many marchers hustled to get. Free signs were available, with slogans supporting the position of the Supreme Leader, the call for unity and, of course, the chant "Down with America." (See the violent demonstrations in Tehran in December...
...president, Herman Van Rompuy, announced that the leaders of Germany, France and Greece - along with himself and Jean-Claude Trichet, head of the European Central Bank - had reached an agreement, the leaders then passed the issue over to their subordinates to hammer out the details. There was no call for an emergency bailout or help from the International Monetary Fund. Instead, the 27 E.U. members promised to underwrite the Greek economy through loans, guarantees and other measures, so long as Athens maintained a tight austerity program. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...