By MICHAEL COOPER
Senator John McCain of Arizona won the most states and appeared poised to win the most delegates on Tuesday with impressive primary victories in the delegate-rich states of California, New York and Illinois. Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, revived his candidacy with victories across the South.
Their strong showings posed a serious […]
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By PATRICK HEALY
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama carved up the nation in the 22-state nominating contest on Tuesday, leaving the Democratic presidential nomination more elusive than ever. Mrs. Clinton won California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and her home state, New York, while Mr. Obama took Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and his base in Illinois.
It […]
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By IAN FISHER
ROME — Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday issued a replacement for a contentious Good Friday prayer in Latin, removing language that many Jewish groups found offensive but still calling for the Jews’ conversion.
However, representatives of Jewish groups as well as traditionalist Catholics quickly condemned the new prayer, though for different reasons. Jewish […]
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By DAVID LAGUE
BEIJING — China has freed a Hong Kong journalist jailed on charges of spying for Taiwan, the Hong Kong city government said Tuesday, after an international campaign calling for his release.
The journalist, Ching Cheong, 58, a correspondent for The Straits Times in Singapore, was released from a prison in Guangdong Province days […]
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By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
NAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll in the aftermath of Kenya’s flawed elections surpassed 1,000 people on Tuesday as negotiations entered a critical stage in the effort to end the country’s violent political crisis.
According to the Red Cross, which tabulated the casualties, most of the killings have been in the turbulent Rift […]
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By DAN BILEFSKY
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica of Serbia on Tuesday attacked plans by his coalition partners to sign an agreement on closer ties with the European Union, plunging the government into crisis and calling its future into doubt.
Mr. Kostunica said the political and economic agreement with the European Union, which President […]
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