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Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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Clinton,
Obama go opposite directions
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LAVEEN, Arizona: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama traded new
cross-country salvos in their Democratic feud Tuesday, as the global
financial panic reverberated through the 2008 White House race.
Though at opposite sides of the
country, the foes cranked up the heat after Monday’s acerbic
presidential debate, while the Democratic race broadened as
potentially pivotal “Super Duper Tuesday” clashes loom on
February 5.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Thaksin’s wife
fights corruption charges at court
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BANGKOK: Pojamarn Shinawatra,
wife of Thailand’s ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, defended
herself at the Supreme Court in Bangkok Wednesday morning against
corruption charges over a controversial land deal,...
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Palestinians flood
into Egypt after Gaza wall blasts
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GAZA CITY: Thousands of Gazans
poured into Egypt on Wednesday after militants set off at least 15
explosions along the walled-off border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza
Strip, an Egyptian security source said.
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Malaysian Indians
boycott Hindu festival
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Indians
stayed away in droves from a popular Hindu festival Wednesday, in a
boycott linked to allegations of discrimination by the nation’s
majority Muslim Malays.
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WORLD
INBRIEF
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HANOI: Over 1,000 ducks in
Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province and six fowls in northern
Tuyen Quang province died over the past few days, and their
specimens have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1,
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