Nation and World
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Low diploma rates spark Bush action
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration announced Tuesday it will require states to report high school graduation rates in a uniform way instead of using a variety of meth...
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McCain has very different view of foreign policy than BushApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - What Barack Obama tried to do with the sensitive issue of race, John McCain attempted on the no less important topic of foreign policy. Obama, the leading Democratic ca...
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Drug lord gets Brazil prison term
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A reputed Colombian drug lord whose cartel is accused of having shipped hundreds of tons of cocaine to the United States was sentenced Tuesday to m...
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Waivers will allow border fence to be built faster
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations to finish building 670 miles of fence along the southwest U.S. b...
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The price may not be right, but at least Cubans can buy
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - HAVANA -- Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers Tuesday as a variety of consumer products went on sale to all of the island's people for the fir...
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18 states going to court to force EPA to respond to Supreme Court ruling
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Officials of 18 states including Illinois are taking the EPA back to court to try to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush ad...
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader claims victory
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The main opposition leader insisted Tuesday he has won Zimbabwe's presidential election outright and denied persistent reports he was negotiating to ...
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Ukraine, Georgia not likely on fast path to NATO membership
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania -- A NATO official said today he did not expect that Georgia and Ukraine would be placed on track for membership in the military alliance at the organ...
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Bush seeks missile deal with Russia
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Scrambling to seal a missile defense deal this weekend, the U.S. is offering guarantees to assure the Russians the system isn't a European militar...
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L.A. debate: Is it graffiti or art?
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- It was a graffiti artist's dream come true: 10,000 square feet of concrete and a permit to paint. Families brought their kids to watch as hundreds of mura...