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Clinton wins Kentucky; Obama poised to reach milestone in Democratic race (U.S., 69 articles)
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Kentucky presidential primary on Tuesday by a decisive margin, buoyed by support from white working-class voters, and she pledged to extend her campaign to the final round of contests in the race for the Democratic nomination. " Some have said your votes didn't matter, that this campaign was over, that allowing everyone to vote and every vote to count would somehow be a mistake Mrs. Clinton said. The AP tracks the delegate races by calculating the number of national convention delegates won by candidates in each presidential primary or caucus, based on state and national party rules, and by interviewing unpledged delegates to obtain their preferences. The campaign said the $22 million total represented the campaign's second best fund-raising month to date and includes $10 million raised by the campaign in the 48 hours after her Pennsylvania victory last month. Obama, who holds a significant lead in delegates going into Tuesday's contests and is favoured to win the Democratic nomination, has instead focused on targeting presumptive Republican candidate John McCain. Obama has struggled in other states to win the votes of white, working class voters, and they could be the deciding vote next Tuesday.
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Boat carrying aid for Myanmar cyclone victims sinks :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 44 articles)
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The country's military government, or junta, refused to allow international aid and aid workers into Myanmar, worsening the situation, according to international critics. WASHINGTON First lady Laura Bush on Monday said the United States stands ready to pump more aid into Myanmar to help its recovery from a cyclone so devastating the death toll could top 10,000. Six days after the storm, the combined effort of relief agencies and Myanmar's government had delivered aid to only 220,000 of an estimated 1.9 million people in need, the Red Cross said Friday.
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U.S. military blames al-Qaida for suicide attack :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 31 articles)
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The American military said 21 suspected gunmen were killed in Shiite militia strongholds late Tuesday, while Iraqi officials said 15 civilians were among the dead, including two women. BAGHDAD U.S. soldiers killed 14 suspected Shiite militants in Baghdad, the military said Saturday, as clashes continued in the embattled Sadr City slum and surrounding militia strongholds. Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
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Senator Kennedy Has a Malignant Brain Tumor (U.S., 44 articles)
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A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics' most enduring figures. The statement that Senator Edward M. Kennedy s doctors issued on Tuesday made clear that his malignant tumor was a glioma, a cancer that arises in the brain and that often carries a bleak prognosis. Gliomas are the most common type of brain tumor in adults, and two-thirds of those diagnosed with malignant brain tumors of any kind will die of them.
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Farrow enters Hong Kong to protest China-Sudan ties :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 15 articles)
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BEIJING Beijing organizers faced pressure Tuesday to alter or suspend the Olympic torch relay, which is scheduled to enter the heart of the quake-effected area next month. JAKARTA, Indonesia Police briefly detained at least eight people and seized flags from pro-Tibet activists Tuesday during a rowdy demonstration against the Olympic torch relay in Indonesia. NAGANO, Japan Riot police, protesters and Chinese well-wishers converged on Nagano in the mountains of central Japan on Friday as the embattled Beijing Olympic torch arrived on one of its final international stops before moving on to China.
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