Its McCain vs the Democrats now Hillary Clinton swept critical showdowns with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday to keep her Democratic presidential bid alive, and John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.
Inflation top concern in China Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday said China would expand the breadth and depth of the openness of its economy and pledged to intensify efforts to ensure clean governance, as he listed curbing inflation and preventing overheating of the economy as top priorities.
Confusion in Gaza over negotiations US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left West Asia on Wednesday claiming that the Palestinians and Israelis had agreed to resume negotiations on a peace settlement. ..
President of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan (centre) is greeted by lawyers upon his arrival at city courts to address a lawyers' gathering in Karachi on Wednesday. Lawyers will hold fresh protests to pressure Pervez Musharraf to reinstate independent-minded judges that he fired during the state of emergency. AP
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