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Another potential threat to McCain, from Libertarian Republicans lose seat in conservative Southern district Earlier, Obama tried to reach out to Michigan workers, promising to pump billions of dollars into efforts to keep manufacturing jobs from being shipped overseas. In a sign that her chances...
Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands. Nearly 26,000 people remained buried in collapsed buildings from Monday's...
The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 — a much higher figure than the government tally. The grim forecast Wednesday came as heavy rains drenched the devastated Irrawaddy River delta, disrupting aid operations already struggling to reach up to...
Edwards's backing could aid Obama's efforts to win over white working-class voters [GALLO/GETTY] John Edwards, the Democrat candidate who dropped out of the US presidential race early this year, has thrown his support behind former rival Barack Obama. The long-awaited endorsement helped blunt the...
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made the announcement Wednesday USGS: Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will disappear in the next 50 years Bush administration was supposed to make a decision in January ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Watch Kempthorne explain the decision » While there...
SHANGHAI, China , May 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Nasdaq: CTRP), a leading travel service provider for hotel accommodations, airline tickets and packaged tours in China , today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 .
By Matt Spetalnick and Tabassum Zakaria JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An emotional President George W. Bush pledged that America would remain "Israel's best friend in the world" on Wednesday during a celebratory visit to Jerusalem to mark the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. His host, Israeli Prime...
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A little-known militant group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for setting off bombs in the western Indian city of Jaipur that killed 61 people and injured 216 people this week, police said. Police in Jaipur said the group sent attached video clips of...
House Republicans struggled to regroup Wednesday in the aftermath of a devastating election loss in Mississippi, acknowledging that their party faced a significant challenge in November after the loss of three Republican seats in special elections this year. "It was another wake-up call that we...
Wall Street liked America's April consumer inflation numbers, even though there was little in the Wednesday report to ease the pressure on Main Street wallets. The Labor Department said that the Consumer Price Index jumped 0.2%, a bit less than the 0.3% gain economists had expected. Core CPI,...
