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Clinton and Obama campaigns hurl new accusations (U.S., 45 articles)
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The Obama campaign has said several times that experience is no substitute for judgment, pointing out that Clinton voted to authorize the Iraq war in 2002. HOUSTON, Texas White House hopeful Hillary Clinton announced Thursday that she raised $35 million in February for what her campaign chiefs say is still a vibrant campaign for president. Clinton, the New York senator and former first lady, campaigned in the state last week, but by Monday was in Pennsylvania, where the primary is April 22. Clinton had compared Obama's landslide victory in South Carolina's Jan. 26 primary to Jesse Jackson's wins in the state in 1984 and 1988. This came as former New York Congresswoman and vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro quit a position on the Clinton campaign's finance committee. CHICAGO - Strategists for the campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton exchanged calculated barbs Sunday over accountability and ethics and who is engaging in personal attacks. Though the campaign has taken some nasty turns, with surrogates and campaign members from each side making controversial attacks on the other, Bill Clinton said, for most Democrats, both candidates look good.
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China's premier blames Dalai Lama 'clique' for violence in Tibet (World, 43 articles)
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BEIJING - China raised the death toll from the violent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet last week to 16 on Monday, but said its security forces had avoided using lethal force, countering Tibetan exile groups that said at least 80 had been killed. The Chinese military is shooting Tibetan demonstrators "like dogs a Tibetan exile group said Monday, firing" indiscriminately " intro groups of people protesting Chinese rule. The London-based Free Tibet Campaign said 20 people were arrested in the ensuing violence, and a local official said seven people were injured, as authorities scrambled to quell the worst protests against Chinese dominion over Tibet in two decades
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McCain visits Baghdad to meet Iraq, U.S. military leaders (World, 21 articles)
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BAGHDAD - A bombing on Monday evening killed 43 people near the Imam Hussein shrine in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, penetrating one of the most secure perimeters in Iraq. Iraqi police officers at the scene and several witnesses said it had been carried out by a female suicide bomber, but the police chief later said the bomb had been hidden. Navy Lt. Patrick Evans, a military spokesman, said three soldiers were killed yesterday in a rocket attack on Combat Outpost Adder near Nasiriyah, about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad.
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Dallas' Barrow Hanley may lose $1 billion in Bear Stearns downfall (Finance, 33 articles)
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With a deal in place to save Bear Stearns from bankruptcy, the company's shares traded above the offer price Monday even as investors began turning a critical eye to other investment banks amid worries about how far the credit contagion could spread. Despite the weekend agreement for JPMorgan Chase & Co. to buy Bear Stearns for a fraction of its value last week, worries that other banks had sizable exposure to troubled credit markets sent global markets tumbling. Several high-profile hedge funds have moved to sever ties with Bear Stearns since Friday's rescue, inflicting further damage on its once market-leading and lucrative prime brokerage business, The Financial Times reported.
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Obama, Blagojevich surface in Rezko case :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State (U.S., 31 articles)
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In court documents filed in federal court late Friday, Rezko's attorney says Mahru began cooperating with federal authorities in December 2005 10 months before Rezko was indicted after being confronted by government agents. As questioning of potential jurors wrapped up Tuesday in the corruption trial of political fund-raiser Tony Rezko, a new accusation has surfaced that Rezko paid a $1.5 million bribe in an effort to win a $50 million business deal in Iraq. Rezko's " ability to influence actions of state of Illinois officials... flowed from Rezko's prowess as a fund-raiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich prosecutors said in a court filing Tuesday.
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