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McCain,Obama spar on
war,
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OXFORD, Mississippi: John McCain and Barack Obama
battled in the shadow of the US finance crisis late Friday (Saturday
in Manila) in a first presidential debate crackling with sharp
disputes over the economy, Iraq and terrorism.
The 47-year-old Democrat Obama
vying to make history as America’s first black president,
branded McCain as a inheritor of President George W. Bush’s
unpopular legacy of “failed” economic and foreign policies.
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Congress struggles
to salvage bailout
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: US
congressional leaders are back in talks Saturday to cobble a massive
financial sector rescue deal as the White House called for urgent
action and a new bank failure added to the gloom.
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Chinese taikonaut
greets nation, world in first space walk
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BEIJING: Chinese taikonaut Zhai
Zhigang completed a space walk Saturday afternoon, marking a
remarkable progress in the country’s ambitious space program,
which will eventually lead to the establishment of a permanent space
station.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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BEIJING: China on Saturday
scrambled to reassure the public after a toxic milk scandal,
announcing that nearly 50 Chinese brands, which had been tested
contained no melamine.
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