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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic primary New Hampshire, edging out challenger Barack Obama, various media outlets are reporting.

Voice of America
NASA, says the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis could happen in late January or early February.
Deputy shuttle program manager John Shannon told reporters Thursday during a conference call that everything would have to “go exactly right” to meet the earliest possible launch date of January 24.
Shannon added that a February lift-off is [...]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2008 – The commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet in the Middle East today called the behavior of Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats that buzzed three U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday “unduly provocative.”
Navy Vice Adm. Kevin J. Cosgriff, who also commands U.S. Naval Forces [...]

By Al Pessin
Voice of America
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 2008 — The U.S. Defense Department has released video and sound of the incident Sunday in the Persian Gulf, when small boats believed to be from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard force menaced three U.S. Navy ships.
The Pentagon video opens with a communicator on the bridge of the USS Hopper [...]

By Jim Malone
Voice of America
BEDFORD, N.H., Jan. 8, 2008 — Senator John McCain of Arizona is the projected winner of the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, while the Democratic race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remains too close to call.
U.S. television networks project McCain the winner, capping a remarkable political comeback for [...]

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Arizona Sen. John McCain has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, Fox News Channel is reporting.

Voice of America
Orthodox Christians across the globe who retain the Julian calendar are making final preparations to celebrate Christmas on Monday.
In his annual Christmas Eve address, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy, praised the head of the exiled Russian church, Metropolitan Laurus for his “substantial” efforts to reunite the two institutions after [...]

Voice of America
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says his party must pay more attention to middle- and lower income people affected by the flagging U.S. economy.
The former Arkansas governor spoke on the television program Fox News Sunday, two days before a key primary election in the state of New Hampshire.
Questioned about his friendship with fellow [...]

By Meredith Buel
Voice of America
DERRY, N.H. — Arizona Senator John McCain, according to the latest public opinion polls in New Hampshire, has surged to the top of the pack of Republican candidates seeking to win their party’s presidential nomination. McCain’s campaign nearly collapsed last year, but of all the Republican candidates, it appears he has [...]

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2008 — For two decades, Americans for Tax Reform has asked all presidential and federal candidates to commit to their constituents, in writing, to oppose any and all efforts to raise income taxes.
On the presidential level, every Republican nominee since Ronald Reagan has made this commitment, including President George W. Bush. In [...]