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Hillary Clinton: I'm like Rocky, I never quit (U.S., 44 articles)
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FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. - The Democratic campaign took on the feel of the early voting states on Monday, back when the candidates' buses would crisscross paths in a single state. Ms. Klobuchar described both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama as friends and colleagues but said, " To continue to stay silent would be, as my 12-year-old daughter, Abigail, likes to say, Awkward, Mom, awkward. WASHINGTON - A congressman backing Hillary Rodham Clinton says white voters are supporting Barack Obama based on the view that he is articulate and his election would allow the nation `` to get this boogeyman called race behind us. The contest, which goes to Pennsylvania in three weeks - a contest Mrs Clinton needs to win by a significant margin - ends on June 3, when Montana and South Dakota hold nominating contests. From CBS News' Fernando Suarez: HARRISBURG, PA. Hillary Clinton said Monday that the Bush Administration's plan to help regulate the financial markets " comes late and falls short. Clinton went on to say that " no amount of rearranging the deck chairs can hide the fact that our housing and credit markets are in crisis.
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China accuses Dalai Lama of inciting unrest in Tibet - (World, 18 articles)
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Amnesty International wants the UK government and the International Olympic Committee to condemn China's handling of protests in Tibet. " Without security guarantees, there cannot be a successful Olympic Games, and without security guarantees the national image will be lost President Hu Jintao was quoted as saying in the official newspaper of China's anti-riot forces on Tuesday. The letter cited China's recent crackdown of protests in Tibet, the Beijing government's close economic ties with the government of Sudan and recent suppression of religious and human rights advocates.
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Endgame in Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe nears exit (World, 31 articles)
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The main opposition leader insisted Tuesday he has won Zimbabwe's presidential election outright and denied persistent reports he was negotiating to ease out President Robert Mugabe, who has led the country from liberation to ruin. A businessman close to the state electoral commission and a lawyer close to the opposition said earlier the two men's aides were negotiating a graceful exit for Mugabe In his first public appearance since the vote, Tsvangirai endorsed official results released thus far and said any talks on a smooth transition could occur only after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's final announcement of the tally.
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ABC News: Iraqi Casualties At Highest Since August (World, 21 articles)
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When British troops pulled out of Basra last year, UK military officials maintained that Iraqi security forces could take over security and that the move would also force rival Shia factions to reach a political deal. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fighting between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) Deaths among Iraqi civilians, security forces and insurgents jumped in March because of the recent spasm of violence in the country's Shiite regions, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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Medical Specialization, Republican Party, John McCain - (U.S., 14 articles)
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The Democrats' course, he said, also could draw the United States into " a wider and more difficult war that would entail far greater dangers and sacrifices than we have suffered to date. The likely Republican nominee launched his first television ad of the general election campaign Friday, casting himself as a ready-to-lead wartime president in advance of a biographical tour to pivotal places in his life. Even though Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was campaigning miles down the Northeast Extension in Philadelphia, Obama criticized the likely Republican nominee's policies on the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, trade and tax cuts.
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