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Obama
nears Democratic
nomination after Orego win
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DES MOINES, Iowa: Barack Obama claimed a new milestone in his White
House quest and declared the Democratic nomination nearly within his
grasp after splitting his latest primary battles with Hillary
Clinton.
Thumped Tuesday by Clinton in the
southern state of Kentucky, Obama won the northwestern state of
Oregon handily to come within a mere 75 delegates of the 2,025
needed to win the party nod.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Tibet gov’t
halts protests to respect quake victims
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DHARAMSHALA, India: The Dalai
Lama’s Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday called for a
temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to
earthquake victims.
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Taiwan’s leader
vows no arms race with China
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TAIPEI: Ma Ying-jeou, on his
first day Wednesday as Taiwan’s president, vowed not to enter an
arms race with China but said he would build on the island’s
defense to deter a possible attack from Beijing.
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Biotech firm to
clone cancer-sniffing dog
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SEOUL: A Japanese center claiming
to have trained a dog to sniff out human cancer cells is cloning the
animal in South Korea, a Seoul biotechnology company and the dog’s
owner said Wednesday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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UNITED NATIONS: The United
Nations Economic and Social Council met Tuesday to discuss the
global food price surge, with participants calling for urgent
action. In a video message to the session,...
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