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HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) - - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laid flowers Tuesday at a memorial to the Hiroshima atomic bombing, becoming the highest-ranking sitting US official to pay respects at the site. More »
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of non-combat related causes in Baghdad. More »
JUNEAU, Alaska (AFP) - - Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin has hired a private lawyer to represent her in an investigation that she abused her powers as Alaska governor, her office confirmed Monday. More »
WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin revealed Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter Bristol is pregnant, and plans to have the baby and marry its father. More »
RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - - Iraqi forces on Monday took control of the Sunni Anbar province, once the most explosive battlefield in Iraq, from the US military, symbolising the growing security gains in the war-torn country. More »
SAN DIEGO - The drawdown of Marines from the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar will take time because there is still much work to be done, a top U.S. commander said Sunday on the eve of the once violent province's transfer to Iraqi security control. More »
(Reuters) - John McCain will accept the Republican presidential nomination this week, but Hurricane Gustav has disrupted the schedule for his Republican party convention in St. More »
GENEVA - The next U.S. president must show greater leadership than previous administrations in tackling climate change, the head of the United Nations said Sunday. More »
(Reuters) - Quotes from the final day of the U.S. Democratic Party convention, at which Sen. More »

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