DURHAM, N.C. — To have any chance against 10th-ranked Duke on Saturday, Maryland’s front court had to do a better job against Mason Plumlee than it had three weeks earlier, when the 6-foot-10 forward paced Duke’s 74-61 victory at Comcast Center with a game-high 23 points . Read full article > >

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BEIRUT — The daylight assassination of a top general in a residential neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday underscored the growing militarization of the uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, and also perhaps its increasing militancy. Read full article > >

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Sarah Palin said Saturday that Republicans should be in no hurry to wrap up the presidential nominating contest, declaring that a competitive campaign until the August convention in Tampa would not complicate the party’s efforts to defeat President Obama.

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LAS VEGAS — Across Nevada on Saturday, Republicans began trickling in to schools, community centers and churches to take part in local caucuses in the first Western contest for the Republican presidential nomination. Read full article > >

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Nevadans head to the polls amid little suspense

UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a Western and Arab-sponsored U.N. resolution condemning Syria’s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, throwing their prestige and power behind President Bashar al-Assad as he intensifies a military operation aimed at crushing the 10-month-old uprising. Read full article > >

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Presidential contests are inherently an expectations game, and because of that, the expectation is that Saturday’s contest in Nevada doesn’t mean much. Rightly or wrongly, when a state isn’t competitive, we generally discount its broader impact on the presidential race. Read full article > >

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Do Nevada’s caucuses matter?

Presidential contests are inherently an expectations game, and because of that, the expectation is that Saturday’s contest in Nevada doesn’t mean much. Rightly or wrongly, when a state isn’t competitive, we generally discount its broader impact on the presidential race. Read full article > >

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The American people, a small slice of them, have spoken, and they are none too pleased. The rest are yet to be heard, as the men who would be president march West , to caucuses Saturday in Nevada , where the unemployment rate is 13 percent, and then to Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Voter frustration makes for tumultuous GOP primary

Despite recent setbacks, Newt Gingrich pledged on Saturday to stay in the nominating fight until the end, vowing to a group in central Florida, “We’re going to the convention.”

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First Minister Peter Robinson attended his first GAA match in Armagh on Saturday night.

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Robinson attends first GAA match

Teams of mechanics, welders and heavy-machinery operators gathered Saturday in support of Vladimir V. Putin. But that does not mean they were happy about it.

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A Rally for Putin, Enthusiasm Optional

Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova convincingly, 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday to win the Australian Open and take over the women’s No. 1 ranking.

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Straight Sets: Azarenka Powers Past Sharapova, Claims No. 1 Ranking

Negotiators leave Saturday without a deal.

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Greek Debt Talks Slog On

Newt Gingrich posted a double-digit victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, with late deciders delivering a clear rebuke to Mitt Romney, the one-time-front-runner. In the exit poll of voters as they left polling places in South Carolina Tuesday, nearly two-thirds said recent debates were an important factor in their vote, and Gingrich won them by a resounding 50 to 22 percent margin over Romney. You can see the full exit poll results using the Post’s Primary Tracker , where you can sort each candidate by their best and worst groups . Read full article > >

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A coordinated attack by a radical Islamist sect in north Nigeria’s largest city killed at least 143 people, a hospital official said Saturday, representing the extremist group’s deadliest assault since beginning its campaign of terror in Africa’s most populous nation.

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Coordinated Sect Attack Kills 143 in North Nigeria