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  • Obama to take clear lead in delegate numbers

    Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Washington mayor Adrian Fenty (right) out campaigning in the capital yesterday. United States: Barack Obama seemed poised yesterday to chalk up three more wins over Hillary Clinton in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC that would give him a clear delegate lead in the Democratic nomination race. p

  • Serbia vows to annul Kosovo 'fake state' move

    Serbia: Serb leaders met yesterday to discuss retaliatory measures against Kosovo after its expected declaration of independence this weekend, as Russia launched a scathing attack on the United States and European Union for encouraging the move. p
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  • Russia will not cut Ukraine's gas but issues threat over Nato role

    Russia: Russia agreed last night not to cut gas supplies to Ukraine over unpaid fuel bills, but then warned its neighbour that it could become a target for Moscow's missiles if it pushes ahead with plans to join Nato. p

  • EU troops start to deploy in Chad

    Chad: The EU has resumed the deployment of a peacekeeping force (Eufor) to Chad after suspending it during a rebel assault on the capital of the central African state. Irish troops will begin to deploy next week. p

  • 9/11 suspects to get 'extraordinary' rights

    United States: Despite tightened rules the public may never be convinced trials will be fair, write Peter Spiegel and David Savage. p

  • Rights lawyers to fight use of military tribunals

    United States: Civil rights lawyers are gearing themselves up for what one described as an "enormous fight" over the decision to try 9/11 suspects through the system of military tribunals. p

  • Huckabee shows no sign of stepping aside

    United States: The former governor has been accused of waging a pointless battle, but he is refusing to give in, write Perry Bacon and Jonathan Weisman in Virginia. p

  • Rudd says sorry to Aborigines for 'stolen generations' of children

    Australia: Australia's prime minister Kevin Rudd will today use the word "sorry" three times in apologising to the "stolen generations" of Aboriginal children taken from their families between 1890 and 1960. p

  • Erdogan's assimilation remarks stoke tension

    Germany: Leading German conservatives have called on chancellor Angela Merkel to demand a review of Turkey's EU accession after Turkish prime minister Recep Tayip Erdogan told Turks in Germany that "assimilation is a crime against humanity". p

  • Three arrested in Denmark over cartoon plot

    Denmark: A Danish citizen of Moroccan descent and two Tunisians have been arrested in Denmark over a plot to murder one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused worldwide uproar in 2006. p

  • London's worst polluters to cough up more

    Britain: Drivers of high-powered sports cars and 4x4s will be hit by a new £25 (€34) charge every time they enter central London under plans to reduce congestion and cut pollution across the British capital. p

  • Coming days critical for East Timor - campaigner

    East Timor: Irish East Timor campaigner Tom Hyland, a close friend of President José Ramos-Horta who was wounded in an assassination attempt on Monday, believes the next few days will be "critical" for the country. p

  • Australian rapid reaction force arrives

    East Timor: Australian troops began arriving in East Timor yesterday to help enforce a state of emergency after the tiny nation's president was critically wounded in a double assassination attempt and flown to Darwin for treatment. p

  • German Catholic bishops elect liberal leader

    Germany: German Catholic bishops have chosen the liberal Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, as their new leader and spokesman for a six-year term. p

  • Threat to Penguin food supply

    Antarctica : The king penguin, a species that rebounded from near extinction over the past century, could be wiped out in coming decades because of global warming, researchers have reported. p

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