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In Latin America's worst diplomatic crisis in years, the biggest winner appears to have been the region itself, which resolved its own dispute without outside help and without violence.
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The Venezuelan president and other officials had recently said that the Bush administration and the oil company Exxon Mobil were conspiring to wreak economic havoc in Venezuela.
Being gay in Jamaica is not easy. For years, human rights groups have denounced the harassment, beating and even killing of gays in the country, to little avail.
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Mike Huckabee showed that he is still attracting voters even as the majority of the Republican Party is beginning to coalesce around John McCain as the nominee.
Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot.
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Mike Huckabee trounced John McCain in Kansas' caucuses Saturday, their first head-to-head contest, and told fellow conservatives he was in the Republican presidential race to stay.
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President Bush is asking Congress to spend money to help businesses root out illegal workers but he did not request additional funds to help legal immigrants become American citizens more quickly.
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Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday's contests was still too close to call. With nearly 1,600 delegates from Tuesday contests awarded, Sen. Barack Obama led by two delegates Friday night, with 91 delegates still to be awarded. Obama won 796 delegates in Tuesday's contests, to 794 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to an analysis of voting results by The Associated Press.
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