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Samak ends bid to return as Thai premier
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BANGKOK: Samak Sundaravej has ended his bid to return to power as
Thailand’s prime minister, an aide said Friday, after a revolt
within the ruling party torpedoed his re-election in parliament.
“Samak will decline his nomination. Later he
will resign as party leader,” the Samak aide told Agence France-Presse
on condition of anonymity.
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White House rivals
Obama, McCain pay tribute at
Ground Zero
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NEW YORK: White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama made a
dramatic show of unity Thursday with a visit to Ground Zero on the
emotional seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Hurricane ‘Ike’ sparks mass evacuations amid ‘certain death’ warning
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HOUSTON, Texas: Massive Hurricane Ike Friday bore down on Houston,
the fourth largest US city, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing
amid a warning that those remaining in low-lying areas “face
certain death.”
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WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark called general elections for November 8 with her Labor Party on Friday behind in opinion polls amid a slowing economy and her foreign minister facing the axe. Clark, bidding for a...
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