South Africa Leader Says 2010 Is Year of Football

By AP JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president says hosting the World Cup will make 2010 the country's most important year since apartheid ended in …Why 2010 could be an own goal for the Rainbow NationAfter S.Africa protests, Zuma clamps down on lax officialsIs Zuma foreign policy a change of style or substance?
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Obama’s day: New year, old threats

President Obama's end-of-the-year sojourn in Hawaii has been no exception, thanks to the Christmas Day near-bombing of an airliner in the skies over Detroit …Obama administration is right to prosecute alleged Detroit bomber in US courtObama to Get First Reports of Probe Into Christmas Day Terror AttemptObama Charts Subtler Course On Homeland Security
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Swann Rises to Third In Test Bowling Rankings

By REUTERS DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) – England off-spinner Graeme Swann climbed eight places to a career-high third in the International Cricket …Figures show S.Africa's cricket team in declineSouth Africa v England: history points to Graeme Smith's side for third TestENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA TOURISTS STORM TO CRUSHING VICTORY IN SECOND TEST
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Obama probes security failings

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama was to receive a report last night detailing how government agencies failed to act on information about Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab …Obama to Receive Prelim Report on Airline AttackObama to get report on intelligence failures in Abdulmutallab caseObama's Security 'Breach'
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Inouye lauds Obama’s response to Christmas Day attack

Daniel K. Inouye said yesterday that President Obama acted responsibly after the terrorism scare in Detroit on Christmas, choosing to investigate rather …White House official fires back at Cheney criticism of Obama, says former VP …Obama aides hit Cheney comments on attempted bombingDick Cheney's lies about President Obama
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S.Africa stocks end year up 29 pct, rand shines

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa's rand gave up some ground against the dollar on Thursday but was on course to end the year up nearly 30 percent …Anglo, ArcelorMittal, Pinnacle, Sasol: S. Africa Equity PreviewS.Africa's rand firms in quiet New Year's eve tradeSouth African Stocks: AngloGold, Gold Fields, Harmony, Impala
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Muslim world cautious toward US olive branch

31 (Xinhua) — US President Barack Obama extended an olive branch to the Muslim world by promising at the beginning of 2009 to overhaul strained relations …Obama encounters same failure Bush failed to avoidBarack Obama, Interventionist and Ultimate Jihadi HeroObama did a lot in 2009
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama most admired: Gallup poll

President Barack Obama topped the list among men. Clinton barely surpassed Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor. 16 percent of the citizens named Clinton …Most favorable: Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton win out over presidentMichelle, Hillary Clinton more popular than ObamaHome > Opinion > Robert Schlesinger > Most Admired: Obama, Clinton, Palin and …
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Obama’s health-care push began in Green Bay

The debate over health care kicked off in June when President Barack Obama …Dems tout wins but wait for more Obama prioritiesObama's Historic Health-Care VictoryROBERT JAMES TAYLOR: The New Health Care Reform and Blacks
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Senator DeMint’s Priorities

The Obama administration failed to offer a nominee until September, pleading the time was needed to find the right executive for the important post. …DeMint: Obama "Has Downplayed Terrorism"DeMint rails against TSA collective bargaining while Obama fails to actSenate Majority Leader to Force Vote on Key TSA Nominee
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