BERLIN — Supporters of major new measures to ease Europe’s economic crisis confronted a sinking realization Thursday: Their best chances for success might come only if the situation worsens. A French demand that the 17 countries that use the euro currency back one another’s borrowing has won new supporters in recent days, but it has been met with full-throated resistance from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose thrifty taxpayers would bear the biggest burden of any plan. Read full article > >

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LAHORE, Pakistan — Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, a Pakistani militant leader subject to a $10 million U.S. bounty, triumphantly rallied his supporters Friday and continued to dare authorities to put him on trial. Read full article > >

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Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia’s capital.

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Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is acquitted of sodomy by a court in Kuala Lumpur, as hundreds of his supporters gathered outside.

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TEHRAN — A proposal by Iran’s supreme leader to radically alter the country’s constitution and abolish the presidency is drawing praise from his supporters but criticism from influential politicians. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was appointed supreme leader for life in 1989 by Shiite Muslim clerics, said in a speech last week that, if deemed appropriate, Iran could do without a president. The post is currently held by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose 2009 reelection was disputed by opponents and led to months of street protests. Read full article > >

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Some suggest it was his supporters, not his enemies.

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Libya Asks: Who Killed Gaddafi?

SEATTLE — Amanda Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle on Tuesday and was as overcome with emotion as she was a day earlier in Italy, when she was acquitted on murder charges after four years in prison. “Thank you for being there for me,” she tearfully told her supporters in front of a crowd of reporters from two continents. Read full article > >

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Hank Williams Jr. apologized for using an analogy about Adolf Hitler and President Obama in a TV appearance Monday. In a statement on his website , Williams wrote: “I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me. The thought of the Leaders of both Parties Jukin and High Fiven on a Golf course, while so many Families are Struggling to get by simply made me Boil over and make a Dumb statement and I am very Sorry if it Offended anyone. I would like to Thank all my supporters. This was Not written by some Publicist.” Read full article > >

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After a strong first week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign has devolved into the “controversy of the week.” First, there was Social Security. Then there was immigration. The debate debacles also unnerved his supporters and potential donors. It’s no wonder he quickly sank from his lofty, and it turns out very soft, national poll numbers. Sometimes the first day really is the best one of the campaign. Read full article > >

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Wrexham Football Club’s owner warns the supporters trust he may sell the club to a rival bidder if it fails to make a deposit by Monday.

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It is September and Barack Obama is in trouble. His poll numbers are down , and there is unrest within his party and among his supporters. Some Democrats have begun to doubt whether his inner circle is up to the task. They are calling for changes — in Obama and his team. To President Obama and his advisers, this may be today’s story, but it was also the story in September 2007, September 2008 and to some extent September 2009 and September 2010. Obama weathered the first two storms but struggled through the second pair. Which history will be repeated? Can he count on the good luck that helped him earlier? Can he summon within himself the changes that may be needed this time? Read full article > >

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While other GOP contenders are dropping out like flies, Mitt Romney is still very much in the race. At a fundraising event in Las Vegas on Monday, Romney announced to his supporters via conference call: “We’re activating our campaign today.” The…

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Wrexham Supporters’ Trust votes to approve two changes to its constitution in order to support the football club as it faces a £200,000 winding-up order.

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When the Rev. Terry Jones was preparing to put the Koran on trial last month, his supporters could find only one Muslim willing to take part in the bizarre proceeding, which ended with the holy text being set ablaze.

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Ivory Coast’s UN-backed president is urged to investigate hundreds of deaths blamed partly on his supporters, as fighting continues in Abidjan.

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