AP 2012-01-05(在线收听) |
1. The Iowa caucuses take place today, and Mitt Romney is predicting, no win. But as of early Tuesday, many of Iowa's Republican voters still hadn't settled on a favorite candidate. Romney is expected to be challenged by Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. 2. President Barack Obama wasted little time getting back in front of voters following a ten-day Hawaii vacation. From Washington, the president will host a live web chat with supporters in Iowa tonight as the caucuses are unfolding.
3. Egypt is holding a third round of the country's first parliamentary elections following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Islamist parties are expected to win the majority in the 498-seat lower house.
4. And police in New York are keeping watch on an Islamic cultural center that was firebombed Sunday. The building's entrance was struck by a pair of Molotov cocktails. A private house that is used as a Hindu house of worship was also hit. Authorities are investigating the attacks as bias crimes. |
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