While prime minister of Croatia, Mr. Racan rebuilt economic and trade ties with Europe following the civil wars of the 1990s.
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The police did not violate a speeding driver?s rights by ramming his car, the Supreme Court ruled.
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Democratic leaders in Congress are planning a special ceremony on Tuesday afternoon to send President Bush a bill that sets timetables for troop withdrawal from Iraq.
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Turkey’s financial markets plunged Monday after the country’s secular leaders promised to challenge the nation’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Under pressure from European allies, President Bush said Monday he was intensifying his efforts to convince Russia to work with the U.S. on missile defense.
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Dr. Michael E. DeBakey performed heart surgery on Boris Yeltsin that saved his life and altered the course of history.
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White House press secretaries don’t usually get a round of applause in the briefing room, but Tony Snow’s return today was different. He’s back after learning five weeks ago that his colon cancer returned and that cancer cells are now attached to his liver.
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President Bush said Monday he wants to work with Democrats on compromise legislation to pay for the Iraq war even though he’ll carry through on his threat to veto a spending bill that also sets a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal. [!]
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani released his latest slate of New Hampshire supporters last week. One problem: Not all of them back the former New York City mayor.
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., became the first member of Congress in more than a decade to give birth when her son was born over the weekend – a month early.
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Anyone convicted of a crime knows a debt to society often must be paid in jail. But a slice of Californians willing to supplement that debt with cash (no personal checks, please) are finding that the time can be almost bearable.
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In a troubling sign for the American-financed rebuilding program in Iraq, inspectors for a federal oversight agency have found that in a sampling of eight projects that the United States had declared successes, seven were no longer operating as designed because of plumbing and electrical failures, lack of proper maintenance, apparent looting and expensive equipment that lay idle.
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Fifty-year old Deborah Jean Palfrey, the California woman accused of running a $2 million Washington prostitution ring, said she was “genuinely sorry” for former Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias, who resigned last week after he was asked about an upscale escort service allegedly involved in prostitution. [!]
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Democratic presidential contender John Edwards said Sunday he would consider raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy to fund programs such as universal health care.
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April 30: Thousands are expected to participate in rallies across the U.S. Tuesday to protest immigration reform. MSNBC-TV’s Alex Witt talks to March 25th Coalition’s Javier Rodriguez about the planned protest in Los Angeles. (MSNBC)
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April 30: Florida lawmakers pass a bill that requires a ultrasound and a waiting period before a woman could have an abortion.  MSNBC-TV’s Amy Robach talks to the Miami Herald’s Breanne Gilpatrick about the bill. (MSNBC)
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The leader of a British al Qa’eda cell has been jailed for at least 20 years for plotting a bombing campaign to rival the September 11 terror attacks.
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Deutsche Boerse, the owner of the Frankfurt stock market, is mulling a bid for the New-York-based International Securities Exchange for around $2.8 billion, or $67.50 per share.
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The head of the British army said Monday that he had personally decided that Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, will serve with a combat unit in Iraq.
Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt said the decision would be kept under review, but he hoped his statement would end media speculation on Harry’s deployment.
“I would [...]
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The most important development after the Democratic debate may be that all those Washington pundits comparing Barack Obama to Bobby Kennedy and Jesus Christ will lower their expectations and start judging Obama for who he is: an incredibly gifted writer and orator who arrived in the U.S. Senate two years ago. The biggest beneficiary of those lowered expectations will be none other than Barack Obama himself.
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Even though ex-CIA director George Tenet’s memoir has not yet hit bookshelves, the book is the center of controversy.
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Sen. Tim Johnson returned to his home outside of Washington, D.C., on Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage four months ago.
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The 2008 White House hopefuls describe what they would be doing if not in politics.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow returns to his job at the White House on Monday after cancer surgery.
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The Supreme Court on Monday gave police officers protection from lawsuits that result from high-speed car chases, ruling against a Georgia teenager who was paralyzed after his car was run off the road.
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