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Over 20 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
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AP - Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 21 people in three states.
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Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
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AP - Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies — one of the first international shipments — sank on its way to the disaster zone.
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Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes
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AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.
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Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections
(AP)
AP - Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections — a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence and thwart the nation's ambitions to join the European Union.
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AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
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AP - Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks.
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Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels
(AP)
AP - Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border.
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President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
(AP)
AP - President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.
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Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress
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AP - The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a process now in its sixth month without any obvious successes.
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Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on 'Late Night'
(AP)
AP - Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC's "Late Night" franchise following Conan O'Brien's exit.
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Crawford's 3-run homer lifts Rays over Angels
(AP)
AP - Carl Crawford hit a three-run homer and Cliff Floyd added a pair of run-scoring singles, helping the Tampa Bay Rays stop Ervin Santana from becoming the AL's first seven-game winner with an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
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Tragedy of dead and survivors in Myanmar grows worse
(Reuters)
Reuters - Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis
headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in search of food,
water and medicine, but aid workers said on Sunday that
thousands will die if emergency supplies don't get through
soon.
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Tornadoes kill 22, injure hundreds
(Reuters)
Reuters - Tornadoes killed at least 22 people and
injured hundreds as they ripped through communities in the
central and southeastern United States over the weekend.
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Obama campaign chief sees his man winning soon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign
chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary
Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be
over, saying "we're coming to the end of the process."
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Hezbollah fighters pile pressure on Lebanon rivals
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hezbollah gunmen battled supporters of
the government on Sunday on the fifth day of a campaign by the
Iranian-backed group that has dealt a severe blow to
Washington's allies in Lebanon.
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Sudan cuts ties with Chad after rebel attack
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sudan cut diplomatic relations with
Chad on Sunday after an attack on the capital Khartoum by
Darfur rebels which it said was supported by Chadian President
Idriss Deby.
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Pro-EU party wins Serb election, but no majority
(Reuters)
Reuters - Serbia's pro-European Union president,
Boris Tadic, defeated his main nationalist rival in a
parliamentary election on Sunday but was well short of seats
needed to form a governing majority.
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Iran, IAEA to resume nuclear talks on Monday: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency
watchdog will resume talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program
in the Iranian capital on Monday, an Iranian official was
quoted as saying on Sunday.
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Jenna Bush weds Virginia politician's son
(Reuters)
Reuters - President George W. Bush's
daughter Jenna was married on Saturday evening to Henry Hager,
the son of the Virginia Republican Party chairman, in front of
more than 200 family members and close friends.
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Lebanon army deploys but clashes rage on
(AFP)
AFP - The army deployed across much of Lebanon on Sunday after Hezbollah ceded control of west Beirut but clashes raged on in the north and in the Druze mountains as Arab foreign ministers held crisis talks.
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Aid falls far short of Myanmar's urgent needs: relief groups
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AFP - Aid groups said Sunday that supplies trickling into cyclone-hit Myanmar were far less than was needed, as the faltering relief effort suffered a new blow with the sinking of a Red Cross boat.