Roza Kazan

Mitt Rom­ney and Newt Gin­grich are soft­en­ing their stance on im­mi­gra­tion is­sues in an at­tempt to be more ap­peal­ing.

De­spite a surge in polls, the can­di­date has yet to se­cure the vote of the state’s crit­i­cal His­pan­ic pop­u­la­tion.

Mitt Rom­ney calls Newt Gin­grich an “in­flu­ence ped­dler” as can­di­dates trade barbs in cru­cial Flori­da.

Rus­sia’s of­fi­cial op­po­si­tion par­ties stand ac­cused of cut­ting a Krem­lin deal to se­cure Vladimir Putin’s third term.

Op­po­si­tion par­ties say Rus­sia’s rul­ing par­ty is us­ing dirty tricks ahead of par­lia­men­tary elec­tions on De­cem­ber 4.

As elec­tions ap­proach, Vladimir Putin’s Unit­ed Rus­sia par­ty is be­com­ing in­creas­ing­ly un­pop­u­lar – as is Putin him­self.