Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Lahore: Shopping centre caught fire in Gulberg
- Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 runs, remain unbeaten in tri-series
- Blasts, firing near PTIs rally leave 7 injured in Swabi
- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
Another Senate seat goes to Democrats
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats on Thursday tightened their grip on the US Senate with Republican incumbent Gordon Smith, from the northwest state of Oregon, being ousted by Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley.
MSNBC and Fox News called the vote for Merkley two days after the vote because early returns showed the race too close to call.
Smith, a first-term senator, was the latest Republican to fall following Tuesday's balloting, which saw Republican-held Senate seats seized by Democrats in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico.
When the new session of Congress gets underway in January, Democrats now are set to control 57 of the Senate's 100 seats.
Senate races have yet to be called in Minnesota, Alaska
MSNBC and Fox News called the vote for Merkley two days after the vote because early returns showed the race too close to call.
Smith, a first-term senator, was the latest Republican to fall following Tuesday's balloting, which saw Republican-held Senate seats seized by Democrats in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado and New Mexico.
When the new session of Congress gets underway in January, Democrats now are set to control 57 of the Senate's 100 seats.
Senate races have yet to be called in Minnesota, Alaska
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