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Obama
gets boost with
John Edwards’ backings
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WASHINGTON: Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has scored a
coup in his White House nominating battle against Hillary Clinton by
winning the high-profile endorsement of blue-collar champion John
Edwards.
Edwards, a two-time presidential
hopeful and the party’s 2004 vice- presidential nominee, formally
backed the Illinois senator at an exuberant Michigan rally late
Wednesday, reinforcing signs of the Democratic establishment closing
ranks behind Obama.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Myanmar moves
cyclone survivors into camps–monks
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YANGON: Myanmar has moved tens of
thousands of homeless cyclone survivors into government-run
shelters, pushing them out of monasteries and schools, several
Buddhist monks from the disaster zone said Thursday.
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JUNTA says
constitution approved by 92.4 percent
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YANGON: Myanmar’s
military-backed constitution was approved by 92.4 percent in a
widely condemned referendum held everywhere except regions hardest
hit by Cyclone Nargis, state television said Thursday.
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Dalai Lama attacks
China in Western tour
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FRANKFURT: The Dalai Lama lashed
out Thursday at the recent “suppression” of anti-Chinese unrest
in Tibet, as he arrived in Germany at the start of a tour of Western
powers in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
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S. Korea to build bird flu vaccine factory
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SEOUL: South Korea will build its own factory to
produce human bird flu vaccine, health officials said Thursday as
authorities battle the country’s worst outbreak among poultry.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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JAIPUR, India: An unknown Islamic
group claimed responsibility for a string of bombings that killed 63
people and warned of more attacks on Indian tourist targets,
officials said Thursday.
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