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Obama faults McCain; Clinton mulls delegate fight (U.S., 73 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. Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly said that a candidate's ability to bring about needed change was the most important factor in the way they voted, and those voters supported Mr. Obama in large numbers. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both made campaign stops on Wednesday in Florida, a state whose Democratic delegates have been blocked from the party convention this summer but whose votes could prove critical in the general election in November. One argument posed by opponents of seating the delegates is that by signing the Democratic National Committee pledge neither candidate was allowed to campaign in the state, restricting any candidate at the time for pitching their campaign message to voters. Despite signing the pledge, Clinton claims millions of voters turned out and voted in the primary, and therefore should have their votes counted and delegates seated. Nearly half of the state's Democratic voters said they 'd either vote for Sen. John McCain or not vote at all in November if Obama is on the ticket.
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Dalai Lama sees change in China (World, 10 articles)
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Last September, Germany's chancellor , Angela Merkel, courageously broke with her predecessors and met with the Dalai Lama. An earthquake in China's Sichuan Province killed tens of thousands of Chinese, evoking an outpouring of global sympathy for China and turning it overnight from victimizer to victim. P In 1959, Thepo Tulku was a 5-year-old boy in the capital city of Lhasa when a Tibetan revolt against Chinese rule was brutally suppressed.
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Ted Kennedy, Capitol Hill icon, has brain tumor (U.S., 30 articles)
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Doctors said Kennedy has a type of glioma, a brain tumor that arises from glial (or " gluey cells, the structural cells that surround and support the neurons that do the work of the brain. (CBC) Accompanied by friends and family, Senator Edward Kennedy slowly walked out of a Massachusetts hospital Wednesday, a day after being diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour that experts say is almost certainly fatal. Sen. Edward Kennedy's diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor has left Congress without its best dealmaker and boldest liberal, a politician known for his staunch positions and willingness to work with right-wing lawmakers.
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US spins up Lebanon deal, cool on Israel, Syria (World, 16 articles)
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Israel and Syria have opened indirect peace talks through the mediation of Turkey, officials in Jerusalem and Damascus said in almost simultaneous statements yesterday. JERUSALEM - President Bush put an optimistic face on fading hopes for Mideast peace yesterday, declaring that Israel's 60-year triumph over war and tragedy shows that democracy can succeed everywhere. Bush's upbeat message was marred by rocket fire from Gaza and threats of heavy retaliation by Israel.
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UN chief goes to Myanmar to cajole junta over aid (World, 16 articles)
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New York-based Human Rights Watch said countries delivering aid to Myanmar should insist on monitoring the shipments to ensure that all aid reaches the neediest and to prevent the military from diverting any supplies. The release of the figures led to dire warnings from the U.N. and renewed calls for the military regime to allow international aid workers access to devastated areas. Myanmar's government issued a revised casualty toll last night, saying that 38,491 were known dead and 27,838 were missing.
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