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...After a distant third-place finish in Iowa, Thompson took sixth in New Hampshire, garnering just 1% of the vote. In Michigan and Nevada he placed fifth, and in South Carolina, a state where he'd invested the bulk of his time and energy outside of Iowa, Thompson was a distant third with 16% of the vote. His non-concession-concession speech - in which many pundits wryly noted that Thompson never looked happier - left many scratching their heads, wondering if he was dropping out or pushing on. He, in fact, said only that he planned on taking a break...
...primary because state officials believed they it would come second in the nation after Iowa and before New Hampshire, which prizes its first-in-the-nation status. But after Michigan and Florida jumped their primaries ahead and forced Iowa and New Hampshire even earlier, Nevada now finds itself the fifth state that will pick presidential nominees. And because South Carolina is holding its crucial, bitterly contested Republican primary on the same day, the GOP caucus has become a mere afterthought (Mitt Romney is expected...
...claimed to know of no country whose "heritage, culture, and civilization wasn't rooted in religion". That followed his comments in the Vatican in late December, where the President praised faith and extolled "France's Christian roots". But given French laws strictly separating matters of church and state - and Fifth Republic tradition requiring presidents to put a muzzle on personal convictions, and maintain neutrality that allows them to represent citizens of all creeds - Sarkozy soon found himself facing a storm of controversy. The result: the Elysée officially declared Sarkozy's "attachment to the principle of secularity" on Thursday...
...action meeting. We know atrocities are being committed,” Mugane said. “Lives are being devastated.” Among the plans discussed was a benefit concert with Kenyan musicians, the proceeds of which will go to the Kenya Red Cross. Karimi J. Gituma, a fifth-year Kenyan student at Harvard Medical School who is organizing the event, said her goal is to raise awareness at Harvard and in the greater Boston community. In the meantime, Harvard Kenyans, an informal social network for Kenyans and East Africans at Harvard and MIT, has established a bank account...
...Barclays, meanwhile, have recently bought up as much as a fifth of the island, including three of its six hotels, raising fears in the tourism-reliant community that the pair are becoming overlords themselves...