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US naval exercises: aboard the USS Enterprise

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The Persian Gulf is the backdrop to a show of military might as Iran and America carry out naval exercises just several hundred kilometres apart. Next, the US presidential campaign heats up with the latest polls showing President Obama widening his lead over his Republican rival Mitt Romney. Finally, a report reveals that 60 percent of Mexican prisons are now being run by their inmates.

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