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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton beat path to Unity to heal rifts (U.S., 45 articles)
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WASHINGTON - Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will help pay off Hillary Rodham Clinton's more than $20 million debt, personally writing a check in a gesture meant to win over her top financial backers. Democrats preparing to vote in Tuesday's California primary can mark their ballots with confidence, knowing that eithercandidate would make a strong nominee and, if elected, a groundbreaking leader and capable president. PITTSBURGH - Barack Obama told top business leaders Thursday that politics often gets in the way of solving problems that threaten America's ability to stay competitive in the global economy. The statement from Obama, who has long said local governments should be able to regulate guns, did not specifically say whether Obama agreed with overturning the specific D.C. ban. WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to end her historic presidential campaign while leaving her options open to retain her delegates and promote her issue agenda, a campaign official says. WASHINGTON Former President Clinton said through a spokesman Tuesday that he is committed to helping Barack Obama become president, his first comments in support of his wife's former rival since their primary ended three weeks ago.
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ABC News: 2nd Amendment Shakeup: Court Affirms Gun Rights in Historic Decision (U.S., 29 articles)
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WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. As a result of today's 5-4 Supreme Court decision that protected an individual's right to keep and carry a handgun under the Second Amendment, gun laws across the nation are expected to face an avalanche of legal challenges.
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Zimbabwe opposition asks voters to end Mugabe rule (World, 27 articles)
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) Zimbabweans went to the polls Friday in the country's presidential runoff election one expected to end in victory for President Robert Mugabe With the opposition boycotting Friday's vote due to ruling party violence and intimidation, Rice said no outcome would be acceptable and that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe must allow a legitimate government to take power. Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of Friday's presidential election run-off, saying he does not want to risk more of his supporters losing their lives.
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Bush welcomes North Korean move on nuclear program (World, 22 articles)
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North Korea gave China what is supposed to be a complete account of that program, and President Bush said it is exempted from the Trading with the Enemy Act and will be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Pyongyang on Thursday handed over a declaration of its nuclear programs and activities, a milestone immediately followed by Washington saying it will lift some trade sanctions and move to take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist. PYONGYANG, North Korea (CNN) A day after releasing details of its long-secret nuclear program, North Korea on Friday plans to destroy a highly visible tower at a facility where officials now acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons
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Rockets fired into Israel in second violation of week-old Gaza truce (World, 13 articles)
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A settlement, negotiated between the parties, will result in the emergence of an independent, democratic, and viable Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbors. The Israeli army says Palestinians have fired a rocket over the border from the Gaza Strip in violation of a week-old ceasefire agreed between the two sides. JERUSALEM - Gaza militants fired two rockets into southern Israel on Thursday, further straining a shaky, week-old truce as Israel kept vital Gaza border crossings closed in response.
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