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President Harry Truman with "The Buck Stops Here" sign on his desk

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Say what you will about President Harry Truman, but he always claimed responsibility for the decisions he made. Whether it be the controversy over dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; sending military aid to Turkey and Greece to prevent the spread of Communism; the signing of the...
photo: Truman Library

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Let the sunshine in
The Washington Times

So important was an April 30 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the...

Tadic claims victory for pro-Europeans in Serbian elections
The Independent

Serbs have voted for close ties with Europe in parliamentary elections seen by many as crucial...

Leading article: A fateful vote that may dash hopes of peace in the Balkans
The Independent

Slobodan Milosevic must be smirking in his grave. Almost a decade after street protests toppled...

Malaysians advised not to travel to Lebanon

The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Embassy in Beirut has advised Malaysians to postpone all travel plans to Lebanon following the civil unrest there. Malaysians already in...
photo: WN / Manuela Paraipan

ASEAN 'shamed by Burma aid crisis'

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is all smiles as she poses with United States President George W. Bush (third from left) and six other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after a luncheon meeting hosted for them by President B

The Australian

ASEAN has again been shamed by its failure to bring member state Burma into line, this time over demands it open its doors to a full-scale cyclone relief effort, critics said today. The aid crisis, which is imperilling the lives of 1.5 million...
photo: (Rolando Mailo/OPS-NIB Photo)

Fate of Pakistan Governing Coalition Faces Dissolution

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

ABC News

By SADAQAT JAN Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan May 12, 2008 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE The future of Pakistan's fledgling coalition government hung in the balance Monday after failed talks on how to restore judges sacked by...
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Edwards sees Obama as party nominee

Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., gestures while addressing an audience in Manchester, N.N., late Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, following presidential primary voting in New Hampshire. Edwards took his third-place New Hampshire finish in stride on Tuesday, pledging to carry his battle forward despite difficult odds. (js1)

The Boston Globe

Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said yesterday that he thinks Barack Obama will be the party's presidential nominee and that Hillary Clinton must be careful not to damage the party's prospects in November as she continues her...
photo: AP / Steven Senne

China's inflation rebounds to 8.5 percent despite efforts to cool price increases

Shanghai - Nanjing Street - China Booming Economy. (ps1)

International Herald Tribune

: China's inflation rebounded in April to near decade-high levels, adding to pressure on Beijing to cool rapid price rises and avert possible unrest ahead of the Summer Olympics, according to official data reported Monday. Consumer prices in April...
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Japan court rejects US nuclear carrier suit

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Philadelphia Daily News

SHINO YUASA The Associated Press TOKYO - A Japanese court Monday rejected a lawsuit demanding a halt to harbor work to accommodate a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that is to be based south of Tokyo starting in August, a court spokeswoman...
photo: Navy / PHOTO MATE 3D CLAS CHRIS VICKERS