Determined Clinton wins W.Va., says race not over
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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
Soldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages
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AP - Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found.
AP - President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could "eventually lead to another attack on the United States."
Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics
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AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."
AP - Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges.
Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C.
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AP - Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
Study: Over half of Americans on chronic medicines
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AP - For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows.
AP - James Garner, who was hospitalized late last week after suffering a minor stroke, is doing well and should be going home shortly, the veteran television and film star's publicist said Tuesday.
Clinton vows to keep her uphill bid alive
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Reuters - Hillary Clinton won a landslide
victory over front-runner Barack Obama in West Virginia and
vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until
voting ends in the Democratic race.
Troops rush in to help China quake rescue
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Reuters - China poured more troops into
the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to
quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of
people buried under rubble and mud.
Bush says gave up golf in solidarity with Iraq dead
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Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the
families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq.
House votes to stop adding to oil stockpile
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Reuters - The House of Representatives on
Tuesday followed the Senate in rejecting the Bush
administration's policy of adding oil to the country's
Strategic Petroleum Reserve while fuel prices are high.
Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes
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Reuters - President George W. Bush
headed back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad
skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian
peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.
FBI cites escalating mortgage fraud problem
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Reuters - Mortgage fraud is an escalating
problem in the United States, the FBI said on Tuesday in a
report that cited the subprime lending crisis as a key
contributing factor.
Myanmar's cyclone survivors beg for help
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Reuters - Desperation among Myanmar's 1.5 million
cyclone survivors mounted on Wednesday as the international aid
flow remained a trickle and police barred foreign aid workers
from worst-hit areas.
U.S. says N.Korea to cooperate on nuclear checks
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Reuters - North Korea has agreed to cooperate
fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official
said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents
Pyongyang has given Washington about its plutonium program.
7,700 dead in China quake epicentre, battle to reach thousands trapped in rubble
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AFP - Towns near the epicentre of China's massive earthquake that struck the southwest of the country have been 'razed to the ground' with no houses left standing, a People's Armed Police official was quoted by state media saying on Wednesday.
India police sift for clues after deadly bomb blasts
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AFP - Police sifted for clues Wednesday after seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through crowded markets in the Indian tourist city of Jaipur, killing at least 80 people.