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Obama-McCain fight takes shape on eve of W. Virginia primary

AFP - 54 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A general election contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain took shape Monday, even though Hillary Clinton showed no inclination of abandoning the Democratic presidential nomination race. More »

  • Graphic showing the three states battered by tornadoes in the US at the weekend. US authorities rushed aid to disaster areas Monday after a series of tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 23 people and shattering homes and businesses.

    Aid rushed in after tornadoes kill 23 across US

    AFP - 1 hour 8 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US authorities rushed aid to disaster areas Monday after a series of tornadoes tore across the United States, killing at least 23 people and shattering homes and businesses. More »

  • US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi before a meeting at the Foreign Ministry office in Beijing on May 12. Negroponte met with China's foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue.

    US deputy secretary of state in China for NKorea talks

    AFP - Monday, May 12 05:01 am

    BEIJING (AFP) - US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with China's foreign minister on Monday as he began a one-day visit that was expected to focus on the North Korean nuclear issue. More »

  • Iraqi youths sift through the rubble of homes destroyed during fighting in the Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. The US military said on Sunday it supported a ceasefire in Sadr City where the militia of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr cut a deal with the Iraqi authorities to end the bloodshed.

    US backs ceasefire in Iraq Shiite stronghold

    AFP - Sunday, May 11 08:11 am

    BAGHDAD, (AFP) - The US military said on Sunday it supported a ceasefire in Baghdad's Sadr City where the militia of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr cut a deal with the Iraqi authorities to end the bloodshed. More »

  • Sung Kim (right), director of the State Department's Korea office who led a delegation to the North Korean capital Pyongyang crosses back into the South

    US envoy returns from NKorea with nuke documents

    AFP - Saturday, May 10 08:34 am

    SEOUL (AFP) - A US envoy on Saturday returned from North Korea, bringing back documents about the communist state's nuclear activities in what Washington described as an important first step for verification. More »

  • The World Health Organization's (WHO) headquarters in Geneva. Taiwan said it expected the United States to lead a push for observer status for the island at the WHO despite China's persistent opposition.

    Taiwan wants US to lead push for WHO observer status

    AFP - Saturday, May 10 08:28 am

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Taiwan said it expected the United States to lead a push for observer status for the island at the World Health Organization (WHO) despite China's persistent opposition. More »

  • Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

    Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran: Olmert

    AFP - Saturday, May 10 03:24 am

    WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions. More »

  • Obama ready to try on Democratic crown

    AFP - Friday, May 9 06:59 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - With the Democratic presidential nomination tantalizingly within his grasp, Barack Obama has begun to burnish his image as his party's standard-bearer in the quest to wrest the White House back from the Republicans. More »

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