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Ninety-two destroyed videos of the CIA’s custody and possible waterboarding of Abu Zubaydah, along with a photo of Zubayadah, has been declared exempt from FOIA disclosure. Although the ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, and other related organizations have in previous cases won over 150,000 documents on the treatment of detainees, the US Court of Appeals [...]

In 2004, then-candidate Barack Obama campaigned on a message of hope and gained overwhelming support from young voters. In an op-ed in the Los Angles Times, Neal Gabler writes that many of those young voters are disappointed with his tenure, and they've turned to "DIY politics" instead.

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President Obama and his expected Republican challenger are tied on the all-important question of who can best deal with the ailing economy, according to a poll released Tuesday.

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President Obama is back in Washington after a long weekend of international diplomacy. First there was the G8 summit at Camp David and then the NATO summit in Chicago. The Windy City is also home to the president's re-election headquarters, and at news conference Monday, he was forced to defend his campaign attacks on Republican rival Mitt Romney.

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The Obama campaign continues its attack on Mitt Romney's time at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker seemed to veer off the campaign's message. Later, Booker tempered his remarks in a YouTube video. But it didn't take long for the Romney campaign to seize on Booker's comments.

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After their first meeting in 1989, legendary law professor Laurence Tribe was so impressed with the skinny first-year law student in jeans, a sweatshirt and an afro, that he made a special notation on his calendar. The student, Barack Obama, went on to become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

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Protests have raged in Quebec since mid-February over a provincial plan to raise tuition fees at universities.

Danilo Medina claims victory in presidential poll although the opposition candidate is yet to concede defeat.

Former IMF chief being investigated for alleged assault during a Washington sex party.

Twelve soldiers killed as rebels ambush them in a northern province before retreating into Venezuela.

Abdullah al-Senussi is to stand trial for illegally entering the country, according to judicial sources.

At least two killed in overnight street battles amid fears that Syrian conflict is spilling across border into Lebanon.

The social network's value has dropped by 10.4 per cent, three days after its initial public offering.

Vermont took a huge step banning hydraulic fracturing. Hopefully more states will follows its lead: “Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin on Wednesday signed into law the nation's first ban on a hotly debated natural gas drilling technique that involves blasting chemical-laced water deep into the ground.” “The Democrat, surrounded at a Statehouse ceremony by environmentalists and Twinfield Union School students who pushed for the ban, said the law may help Vermont set an example for other states. The ban may be largely symbolic, though, because there is believed to be little to no natural gas or oil beneath the surface in Vermont.” “The gas drilling technique, called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves the high-pressure injection of water and chemicals into the ground to split rock apart and release natural gas or oil.” Source: Associated Press

Defending a campaign ad, Obama said Mitt Romney's work at a private equity firm is fair game.

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New Jersey resident Dharun Ravi imprisoned for 30 days for filming with webcam room-mate who later committed suicide.

New Jersey resident Dharun Ravi imprisoned for 30 days for filming with webcam room-mate who later committed suicide.

After their first meeting in 1989, legendary law professor Laurence Tribe was so impressed with the skinny first-year law student in jeans, a sweatshirt and an afro, that he made a special notation on his calendar. The student, Barack Obama, went on to become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who died nearly three years after being released from prison, was buried near Tripoli.

Alliance endorses plan to withdraw troops by 2014, but fails to resolve issues such as supply routes through Pakistan.