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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama trade attacks in Pennsylvania (U.S., 88 articles)
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Mrs. Clinton won a close race in New Jersey, where voters said that the economy was the most important issue in deciding how to cast their vote, according to exit polls. The Obama campaign circulated a flyer from Bill Clinton s 1992 presidential campaign, saying: " Vote your hopes, not your fears. With six weeks left and nine primary contests after Tuesday's vote in Pennsylvania, Mrs Clinton would need to raise at least $30m to $40m to keep her campaign going, say analysts. One day before Pennsylvania primary voters go to the polls , Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama spent the day trying to reach undecided voters, and rally their supporters to the polls. The Democratic presidential campaigns are delivering an onslaught of automated phone calls known as "robocalls" to Pennsylvania voters in the final days leading up to the state's presidential primary. Obama, whose comments about the "bitter" feelings of working-class voters dominated campaign news last week, could make the superdelegates' decision easier by winning a large share of Pennsylvania's blue-collar voters on Tuesday.
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China lights Olympic torch without protest :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 29 articles)
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BANGKOK, Thailand Thai authorities beefed up security in Bangkok's historic center, deploying 2,000 police to protect the Olympic flame from protesters ahead of the torch relay Saturday. BEIJING - Fresh anti-Western protests flared in several Chinese cities Sunday as people vented anger over pro-Tibet demonstrations along the Olympic torch relay. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania About 1,000 people cheered and marched with a team of 80 athletes and a Cabinet minister participating Sunday in the Tanzania leg of the Olympic torch relay, the flame's only stop in Africa.
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Al-Sadr looks like powerful peacemaker :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 41 articles)
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A military statement said forces were focusing on clearing areas no longer under militia control and scouring them for weapons caches. BAGHDAD The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month's offensive against Shiite militias and criminal gangs in Basra, officials said Sunday. In Baghdad, clashes between U.S.-backed Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen in the Sadr City district killed two men and wounded 18 other people, police said Wednesday.
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In Britain, Banks Can Swap Assets for Bonds (Finance, 17 articles)
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PARIS - The Bank of England said on Monday that it would allow banks to swap mortgage-backed securities valued at approximately $100 billion for government bonds in an effort to restore calm to the British financial markets. Under the plan, banks will deposit the securities, which have become difficult to sell since the credit markets began to tighten in August, in the central bank as collateral, but at a discount. Homeowners struggling to meet mortgage repayments should be given immediate help to prevent a wave of repossessions, banks will warn the government on Monday.
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Israel awaits Hamas cease-fire proposal via Egypt, as Carter wraps up trip (World, 27 articles)
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Hamas is ready to accept the right of Israel to exist as a "neighbour, next door, in peace" if a peace deal is approved by Palestinians, Jimmy Carter said today. Former President Carter said Monday that the Islamic group Hamas was willing to accept the Jewish state as a " neighbor next door but the militants did not match their upbeat words with concrete steps to halt violence. A leader of the Hamas military wing, which carried out a twin suicide bombing on the Gaza border Saturday, said his group would step up attacks against Israel in coming days.
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