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Africa
3:31 am
Sun January 22, 2012

In Morocco, Islamists Learn To Work With A King

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Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party heads the country's new government, the result of snap elections called by the king. Here, Abdelilah Benkirane, the party's secretary general and now prime minister, arrives for an election rally in Sale on Nov. 1. The party now faces political as well as economic challenges.
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An Islamist party heads Morocco's newly elected government, part of a wave of Islamist election victories following uprisings across North Africa.

But Morocco's case is a bit different. King Mohammed VI responded quickly to a pro-democracy movement last year with a new constitution and snap elections. The Justice and Development Party, known as the PJD, won the most votes in November. Now, Moroccans ask: How will this popular Islamist party govern?

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National Security
3:29 am
Sun January 22, 2012

CIA Tracks Public Information For The Private Eye

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A student paints the Facebook logo on a mural commemorating Egypt's revolution last spring. The team from the CIA's Open Source Center monitors social media activity overseas.
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Activists march in the streets of Cairo in November.
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Originally published on Wed January 25, 2012 6:24 am

Secrets: the currency of spies around the world.

The rise of social media, hash-tags, forums, blogs and online news sites has revealed a new kind of secret — those hiding in plain sight. The CIA calls all this information "open source" material, and it's changing the way America's top spy agency does business.

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It's All Politics
9:49 pm
Sat January 21, 2012

This Time, South Carolina GOP Bets Its Winning Streak On A Long Shot

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Newt Gingrich along with his wife, Callista, addresses supporters at the Hilton Hotel in Columbia, S.C. following his primary victory. South Carolina voters have chosen the GOP nominee since 1980.
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By embracing Newt Gingrich in its primary, the South Carolina GOP has risked its remarkable record of success at picking the party's eventual nominee for president.

It's been quite a run. Beginning with its primary in 1980, when it chose Ronald Reagan, South Carolina has voted first among Southern states. And the Palmetto State's choice has gone on to dominate the other Southern states and lock up the nomination in short order. That happened eight times in a row, counting incumbent renominations.

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It's All Politics
3:23 pm
Sat January 21, 2012

On Primary Day In South Carolina, Even Weddings Get Political

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A wedding party stops by GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum's headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina on the state's primary day, January 21.
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Originally published on Sat January 21, 2012 3:50 pm

There are water fountains, park benches, churches and expensive restaurants and then there are presidential candidates' headquarters, now making the list of places to take wedding photos.

Especially if you're a part of this wedding party getting hitched on primary day in South Carolina.

NPR's Don Gonyea tweeted this photo of the bride and her bridesmaids while preparing to cover the results of Saturday's first-in-the-South vote.

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Presidential Race
2:47 pm
Sat January 21, 2012

Gingrich Has Chance For 'Pretty Big Win' In S.C.

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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, celebrate after Gingrich was declared the winner of South Carolina's primary Saturday.
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"Our party can't be led to victory by someone who also has never run a business and never led a state," Mitt Romney told his disappointed supporters.
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Rick Santorum vowed to go forward after finishing third. "It's a wide-open race. Join the fight," he said.
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Ron Paul finished fourth, but told supporters the campaign was still in its early stages. "This is the beginning of a long hard slog," he said.
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Gingrich supporters celebrate his win at a rally in Columbia.
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Kenny Ball holds his daughter, McKenna, while watching primary returns at Ron Paul's primary night campaign rally in Columbia.
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Romney supporters in Columbia, S.C., watch primary results roll in.
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Voters cast their ballots in Charleston, S.C.
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Signs adorn the doorway of a polling station in Charleston, S.C.
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Romney waves from his campaign bus after making a stop at Tommy's Country Ham House in Greenville.
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Gingrich greets potential voters at the Grapevine Restaurant in Boiling Springs.
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Celebrating in South Carolina on Saturday night, Newt Gingrich said his victory proved "people powered with the right ideas beats big money."
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:05 am

Newt Gingrich has beaten Mitt Romney in South Carolina. The question now becomes whether he can pull off that trick enough times in enough states to deny Romney the Republican presidential nomination.

It was a big win for Gingrich, the former House speaker, who took 40 percent of the vote, compared to 28 percent for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor.

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