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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton step up attacks before Pennsylvania primary (U.S., 84 articles)
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The Illinois senator hauled in $42.8 million in the scramble for cash ahead of a showdown with rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, the campaign said in a monthly finance report filed with the U.S. Federal Election Commission. READING, PA. The Democratic candidates for president spent Sunday making 11th-hour appeals to Pennsylvania voters in anticipation of Tuesday's primary, and renewing their attacks against each other. Obama would slaughter McCain, say the pundits, who love citing the 1960 presidential campaign debates in which JFK faced off against Richard Nixon. Taking a page out of presidential campaigns from years past, Obama embarked on a whistle stop tour today, campaigning by train across the southeastern part of the state. WASHINGTON Barack Obama tonight staked his presidential campaign on the idea that the American people will look beyond the inevitable gaffes and errors and character attacks of a 24-hour campaign cycle to meet the challenges of a "defining moment" in American history. GREENSBURG, Pa. - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she made a mistake in claiming that she came under hostile fire in Bosnia 12 years ago, as rival Barack Obama's campaign continued to challenge her credibility.
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Stadium Mass ends Pope's US visit (U.S., 56 articles)
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During a six-day visit to Washington and New York, the pope addressed world issues, visited a synagogue and voiced deep shame over the child sexual abuse scandal that has damaged the church's standing in many American dioceses. Each pope creates his... more CARDINAL MAY SOON BE E-GONE By ANGELA MONTEFINISE April 20, 2008 - New York Catholic Church insiders say Edward Cardinal Egan could step down shortly after the pope concludes his weekend visit. The pope took on the darkest issue facing the church in the United States - child sexual abuse scandals involving priests - with reporters on the plane ride from Rome.
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Anti-China protests at torch run in Bangkok (World, 22 articles)
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Chinese climbers plan to take the torch to the summit of Everest und the world's highest peak on the border between Nepal and Tibet und in the first few days of May. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said the San Francisco relay had "fortunately" avoided much of the turmoil and disruptions that marred the legs in London and Paris. Nepal says it is prepared to use force - including gunfire - to prevent anti-Beijing protests during the Olympic torch relay up Mount Everest.
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In Baghdad, Rice Praises Iraqi Government Progress (World, 28 articles)
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BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers took control of the last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr s militia in Basra on Saturday, and Iran's ambassador to Baghdad strongly endorsed the Iraqi government's monthlong military operation against the fighters. BAGHDAD Hard-line Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr threatened "open war" as Iraqi and U.S. forces battled his Mahdi Army militia in two key strongholds Saturday, raising the specter that a truce credited with reducing violence could soon end. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.
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Zimbabwe: 'War zone' warning as leaders urged to confront Mugabe (World, 30 articles)
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Zimbabwe s election officials, at the government's behest, began a partial recount on Saturday of disputed election results, while a human rights group accused members of the ruling party of running "torture camps" to punish opposition supporters. Opposition leaders went to court on Friday to try to block the recount, saying the government had not applied for it within 48 hours of the vote on March 29, as prescribed by law. An opposition leader said Sunday that 10 people have been killed in violence since last month's disputed presidential election and 3,000 families have been forced from their homes.
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