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Clinton, Obama show blue
collar in Pennsylvania
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Hillary Clinton downed a whiskey, while
Barack Obama went bowling: in their populist panders, the White
House rivals reflect the blue-collar tinge of Tuesday’s
Pennsylvania’s primary.
The northeastern state’s contest is a tale of
two cities, suffering steeltown Pittsburgh and inner-city
Philadelphia, plus a rural, conservative belt in between, making the
state a microcosm of the US electoral map.
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Benedict XVI to pray at
New York’s Ground Zero
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NEW YORK: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday will wrap up his first papal
trip to the United States with a huge Mass at Yankees stadium and a
visit to the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Australia’s future forum looks to
a republic and involvement in Asia
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SYDNEY: An Australian republic, greater involvement in Asia and
dealing urgently with climate change were Sunday backed by 1,000 of
the nation’s “best and brightest” at a summit for the future.
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Thai PM says high rice prices helping farmers
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Sunday told
Thais to put up with soaring rice prices because poor farmers in the
kingdom were benefiting from the record highs.
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Chinese in US protest against media
bias in Tibet issue coverage
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WASHINGTON: Over 300 Chinese Americans and Chinese nationals working
and studying in the US gathered near the US Capitol Saturday to
protest against some Western media and politicians’ biased remarks
about last month’s riots in Lhasa, the capital city of China’s
autonomous region of Tibet.
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Junta declares Myanmar
a bird flu-free country
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YANGON: Myanmar’s military government on Sunday declared the
country bird flu-free after three months without an outbreak of the
deadly virus, state media reported.
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Zimbabwe vote recount
could take 3 more days
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HARARE: The ongoing partial vote recount from last month’s general
election in Zimbabwe could go beyond the three days initially
anticipated, the electoral commission said on Sunday.
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Malaysia promises press
freedom, says report
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s home minister has pledged to review the
country’s repressive media laws, promising to boost press freedom,
a report said Sunday.
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