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Senior Democrats stress need to end nomination battle
US: Hillary Clinton yesterday ran into resistance from fellow Democrats for her plan to take the fight for the nomination to the party convention amid growing calls to wrap up the contest by late June. p

Zimbabwe register includes non-existent voters
ZIMBABWE: Election monitors are challenging the electoral commission over evidence of rigging, writes BILL CORCORAN p

5 killed as jet crashes in Kent estate
BRITAIN: All five people in a private jet going to France were killed yesterday when the aircraft crashed into a housing estate near Farnborough, southeast of London, Kent fire brigade said. There were no injuries on the ground. p

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Sadr urges followers to stop attacks
IRAQ: Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers yesterday to stop battling government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control. p
Rice says US will monitor Israel's latest pledges
MIDDLE EAST: US SECRETARY of state Condoleezza Rice said yesterday the US would monitor Israel's implementation of its promise to ease travel restrictions on Palestinians, after defence minister Ehud Barak told her the government was planning to dismantle 50 roadblocks in the West Bank. p
Star urges Haitians to give up crime
HAITI: In a radio ad sponsored by the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean is asking his fellow citizens to give up crime and work to improve the country. p
Arabs warn Israel peace offer at stake if it fails to withdraw
MIDDLE EAST: THE 20TH Arab League summit ended yesterday in Damascus with a warning that the Arabs would reconsider their offer to make peace with Israel unless it agrees to withdraw from all Arab territory occupied in 1967. p
Serbia warns EU on implications of backing Kosovo
SERBIA: SERBIAN foreign minister Vuk Jeremic has warned that the recognition of an independent Kosovo by many EU states has driven Serbians away from the EU and, potentially, into the hands of ultra- nationalists in May elections. p
Bush flies in to Ukraine to extend last-minute support for its Nato bid
UKRAINE: PRESIDENT GEORGE Bush flies to Ukraine today to offer last-minute US support for its bid to be invited to join Nato at this week's summit, despite fierce opposition to the move from Russia and deep concerns among European heavyweights France and Germany. p
Protesters likely to shadow Olympic torch
CHINA: The Olympic torch arrives on Beijing's Tiananmen Square today for the start of a relay that will cross five continents and is meant as a symbol of domestic unity and international harmony ahead of the Summer Games in the Chinese capital in August. p
Lights go out worldwide for Earth Hour
CLIMATE CHANGE: FROM THE Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit symbols of civilisation went dark for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. p
Irish firms failed to see the light - activists
CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ORGANISERS of the first Earth Hour in Ireland have declared the initiative a success, but have criticised the major corporate banks for their lack of co-operation. p
Vatican says Muslims outnumber Catholics
VATICAN CITY: THE NUMBER of Muslims has overtaken that of Roman Catholics for the first time, the Vatican said yesterday. Muslims account for 19.2 per cent of the world's population, while Catholics make up 17.4 per cent, according to the Vatican's new statistics yearbook, which is based on figures for 2006. p
Pakistan's new PM promises to overturn Musharraf measures
PAKISTAN: Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani won a unanimous vote of confidence from Pakistan's national assembly on Saturday and pledged to begin overturning some of the authoritarian measures imposed in late 2007 by President Pervez Musharraf during six weeks of de facto martial law. p
Petition to bar ruling party divides Turkey
TURKEY: Turkey's Constitutional Court will consider today whether to accept a case aimed at closing down the ruling party for Islamist activities. p
Cult members urged to leave bunker
RUSSIA: Russian authorities urged 28 members of a doomsday cult yesterday to leave the mud bunker in which they are awaiting the end of the world, saying spring rain may trigger its collapse at any time. p
Sarkozy aims to graft 'Anglo-Saxon model' on to Latin France
FRANCE: In wooing Britain and the US the French president is abandoning 50 years of French foreign policy, writes LARA MARLOWE in Paris p
Democrats spreading a dirty lie about McCain's '100-year war'
OPINION: ASKED AT a New Hampshire campaign stop about possibly staying in Iraq 50 years, John McCain interrupted - "Make it a hundred" - then offered a precise analogy to what he envisioned: "We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so." p
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Senior Democrats stress need to end nomination battle

Zimbabwe register includes non-existent voters

5 killed as jet crashes in Kent estate

Sadr urges followers to stop attacks

Rice says US will monitor Israel's latest pledges

Star urges Haitians to give up crime

Arabs warn Israel peace offer at stake if it fails to withdraw

Serbia warns EU on implications of backing Kosovo

Bush flies in to Ukraine to extend last-minute support for its Nato bid

Protesters likely to shadow Olympic torch

Lights go out worldwide for Earth Hour

Irish firms failed to see the light - activists

Vatican says Muslims outnumber Catholics

Pakistan's new PM promises to overturn Musharraf measures

Petition to bar ruling party divides Turkey

Cult members urged to leave bunker

Sarkozy aims to graft 'Anglo-Saxon model' on to Latin France

Democrats spreading a dirty lie about McCain's '100-year war'

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