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  • Clinton relies on Latinos as lead in California vanishes

    Hillary Clinton is hugged by former NBA star "Magic" Johnson on stage at a campaign rally in Los Angeles California on Saturday. Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg News US: It was as if Mardi Gras had come a few days early to east Los Angeles as thousands of people in a gymnasium at Cal State University clapped and sang along to a mariachi band, many of them wearing the red T-shirts of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers of America (UFW). p

  • EU to review Chad mission as capital besieged

    CHAD: European officials will meet tomorrow to review the deployment of advance units of the EU mission to Chad as fighting continues between government forces and rebels seeking to oust the country's president in the capital, N'Djamena. p
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  • Obama faces crucial test in black cities

    US: In St Louis many voters have only ever seen Barack Obama on TV but he needs to win a clear majority of these black votes, writes Perry Bacon Jr p

  • Five women shot dead in Chicago

    US: Five women were shot and killed inside a clothing store at a suburban Chicago shopping centre on Saturday in what police said appeared to be a botched robbery. p

  • Tadic on course to win election in Serbia

    SERBIA:  Serbian president Boris Tadic was on course last night to narrowly win an election that was expected to push the country either closer to membership of the European Union or to a resurgent Russia. p

  • Brown drawn into row over MP bugging allegations

    BRITAIN: British prime minister Gordon Brown has been caught up in the row over the alleged bugging of Labour MP Sadiq Khan's meetings with a constituent at Woodhill Prison. p

  • Donation disclosure adds to Labour's woes

    BRITAIN: The British Labour Party's political donations troubles deepened yesterday after it was confirmed that Scottish leader Wendy Alexander has been reported to prosecutors for failing to register donations to her leadership campaign. p

  • Barak pledges to maintain support for Olmert

    ISRAEL : Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak said yesterday he would not pull his Labor Party out of the governing coalition, enabling prime minister Ehud Olmert to retain his parliamentary majority. p

  • Egypt seals last opening on frontier with Gaza

    ISRAEL: Egyptian soldiers closed the last opening on the frontier with Gaza yesterday, ending 11 days of unfettered movement for Palestinians in the Israeli-besieged coastal strip. Gazans and Egyptians were permitted to go to their homes but were prevented from crossing into each other's territory. p

  • Overworked Indians seek solace in office affairs

    INDIA: Office romances in largely conservative India are blossoming, and sex among work colleagues is no longer taboo, a recent survey of the country's top corporate executives has revealed. p

  • Hillary really is Bill's last chance to build a legacy

    Opinion: Legacy? What legacy? There was general amazement when (the now-muzzled) Bill Clinton did his red-faced, attack-dog, race-baiting performance in South Carolina, writes Charles Krauthammer p

  • Chinese bestseller soon to appear in western bookshops

    Beijing Letter: Wolf Totem, a novel about a Red Guard living with Mongolian nomads during the tumultuous period of Chinese history known as the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), was the biggest publishing sensation in years when it was published here in 2004, writes Clifford Coonan p

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