Says he’s a man of the people, unlike Romney.

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As our minivan rounded a mountain pass, a gaggle of giggling teenagers appeared at the fringe of a thatched-roof village. Hey, I thought, what’s with the buckets and the water guns? Splash! Ah. I’d traveled to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to ring in the Lao New Year, but I had only a vague notion of how wet things were about to get. Read full article > >

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As our minivan rounded a mountain pass, a gaggle of giggling teenagers appeared at the fringe of a thatched-roof village. Hey, I thought, what’s with the buckets and the water guns? Splash! Ah. I’d traveled to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to ring in the Lao New Year, but I had only a vague notion of how wet things were about to get. Read full article > >

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They’re hiring field directors, setting up phone banks, building get-out-the-vote teams and crafting a message strategy worthy of a presidential candidate. But the “they” in this instance isn’t a national campaign; it’s the people behind a super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich . Read full article > >

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Pro-Gingrich super PAC builds shadow campaign

Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

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Four people from the Megaupload file-sharing website have been detained in New Zealand, after an extradition request from the United States, which has closed down the site on grounds of piracy.

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Four people were arrested as hundreds of protesters from the Occupy movement gathered Tuesday on the west lawn of the Capitol, chanting, singing, marching and disrupting congressional offices throughout the day. Read full article > >

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Piece by piece, the curls of wood have fallen from the ancient log to the floor at David A. Boxley’s feet. Little by little, his adze and knife have carved from the fragrant cedar the image of the eagle, who was saved by the young Indian; the chief whose village was, in turn, saved by the eagle; and the people, who were spared by the cycle of good deeds. Read full article > >

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Third time’s a charm. Drew Barrymore is reportedly engaged to her art consultant boyfriend, Will Kopelman, according to Us Weekly and People. The couple, who have been dating for at least a year, got engaged in Sun Valley, Idaho, over the Christmas holiday, according to the magazines. Us offers a sweet quote from a Kopelman “insider” — “He’s madly in love and knows she’s The One” — while People lets us know that they ate organic salads at a local cafe. Read full article > >

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Four people – a man and three females – are found dead at a house in Peterlee, County Durham after what police suspect was a firearms incident.

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BEIJING — North Korea on Sunday vowed an “all-out drive” toward economic prosperity, setting the vision for a nation with fewer food shortages, a stronger military, and a people who defend their new supreme leader with their lives. “The whole Party, the entire army and all the people should possess a firm conviction that they will become human bulwarks and human shields in defending Kim Jong Eun unto death,” said an editorial carried in the country’s three major state-run publications. Read full article > >

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Jamaica’s main opposition People’s National Party wins national elections, preliminary results show, after a campaign dominated by the economy.

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Although it's the people from Guangdong province who have the reputation for eating just about anything, Shanghai foodies are no slouches. You can find plenty of weird eats around the city that you might actually enjoy if you know where to look. For this list we stayed away from the shock value – no sheep penis here – and sought out what locals are actually eating. Read “Shanghai's weirdest foods” on CNNGo. View This Poll

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What’s for dinner? In Shanghai, it’s bees and sea worms

FOR MOST OF the past four months, the people of Wukan, a town of about 20,000 in Southern China, were in open revolt against the local Communist Party authorities. The uprising began as a protest against officials’ decision to sell a village-owned pig farm to developers of luxury housing for $156 million, precious little of which wound up in the hands of townspeople. The protests intensified after a leader’s death , which Wukan residents blamed on a severe beating from police. With local Communist officials ousted by the people, China’s higher-ranking authorities were forced to negotiate. Read full article > >

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We all have a stake in China’s real estate bubble

Leaders from around the world joined the people of the Czech Republic to mourn playwright, dissident and former President Vaclav Havel at a mass on Friday.

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