UNITED STATES - Democrats open convention to nominate Obama, Biden
DENVER (AP): The Democrats opened their 2008 presidential nominating convention yesterday, a four-day political festival to nominate Barack Obama for president and fellow Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer...
Israel frees 198 prisoners in gesture to Abbas
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP):Israel yesterday freed nearly 200 Palestinian prisoners, including a militant mastermind who had been jailed for three decades, in a confidence-building measure aimed at breathing new life into slow-moving Mideast peace talks....
Ban on unmarried adoption to be on Arkansas ballot
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP):A proposal aimed at effectively banning gays and lesbians from becoming foster or adoptive parents was cleared yesterday to appear on this fall's ballot in Arkansas.The measure would prohibit unmarried couples living together...
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