Rocket hits Baghdad park as 6000 flee homes

A rocket hit a downtown Baghdad park yesterday, killing two civilians as US-backed forces tried to weaken Shi'ite extremists and disrupt rocket and mortar strikes from the militia stronghold of Sadr City.

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Lebanon fighting intensifies amid plea for peace

Shi'ite Hizbollah supporters and Sunnis backing Lebanon's US-allied government battled yesterday in the streets of Beirut with guns, stones and rocket-propelled grenades Two people were killed in a second day of sectarian violence that has evoked bitter memories of the country's long civil war.

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Obama close to grasping the nomination after latest win

WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton refused yesterday to withdraw from the presidential race after a weak performance in the latest primary contests, even as Barack Obama edged closer to the Democratic nomination.

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Poor results see Clinton’s White House hopes fading

NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON Hillary Clinton's deflating split decision took away her last best chance at the White House.

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Fritzl quizzed as ministers review sex offender laws

VERONIKA OLEKSYN VIENNA The man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children with her met a prosecutor for the first time yesterday.

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