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Clinton, Obama acrimony spills over
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MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina: Bad blood and pent-up anger boiled
over as Democratic foes Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seethed and
accused one another of truth twisting in a rancorous 2008 campaign
debate.
Obama charged Clinton with shilling for
anti-union Wal-Mart as a corporate lawyer, while she snapped back he
did the same for a slum landlord, in the most irascible exchanges of
a Democratic race careening to a testy climax.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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People Power Party MP elected as
Thailand’s new House Speaker
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s People Power Party (PPP) MP Yongyuth Tiyapairat
was elected as the House Speaker at the first parliamentary meeting
on Tuesday.
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Scotland Yard may quiz Bhutto suspect
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: British detectives helping Pakistan investigate
the murder of Benazir Bhutto may quiz a teenager held over his
alleged involvement in the plot to kill her, a security official
said Tuesday.
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World powers gather for
Iran’s new sanctions
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BERLIN: Top world powers will gather in Berlin Tuesday for talks on
possible new sanctions against Iran amid fresh hopes for an accord
on a new UN Security Council resolution.
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Shanghai to close hundreds
of migrant schools
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SHANGHAI: Shanghai plans to close hundreds of illegal schools for
migrant workers’ children by 2010 in a bid to integrate at least
some of them into the education system, state press reported on
Tuesday.
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Malaysian Muslim leader
annoyed over sexes mixing
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KUALA LUMPUR: The chief of Malaysia’s only Islamic-run state has
ordered stricter enforcement of laws requiring men and women to
queue at separate counters in shops, a report said Tuesday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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BEIJING: Corruption is a key factor in the frequency of horrific
accidents in China’s notoriously deadly coalmines, the country’s
top workplace safety official said Tuesday.
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