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A GOP pollster and consultant Dave Woodard says the eight-point victory by Mississippi Democrat Travis Childers in a traditionally Republican congressional district is an "ominous sign" for Republicans in November.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia's decision to extradite 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug-trafficking and other charges was praised on Wednesday by a leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, who said it could improve the outlook for a free-trade deal.
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 54-year-old German went on trial on Wednesday charged with sexually abusing eight of his own children, a court in the city of Trier said.
ABYEI, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese former rebels fought northern government forces on Wednesday in the disputed oil-rich Abyei region, killing up to four people and sending hundreds fleeing, south Sudanese and U.N. officials said.
Al Gore is catching heat again, this time over recent remarks he made about the Myanmar cyclone.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush accused Iran on Wednesday of using the Hezbollah movement to destabilise Lebanon.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has begun shifting troops from parts of the South Waziristan region and swapped prisoners with the militants in an effort to make peace with an al Qaeda-linked commander, officials said on Wednesday.
WARREN, Mich (Reuters) - Three former chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday, bolstering the Illinois senator's economic credentials and bipartisan appeal as he closes in on his party's nomination.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia floated the idea.
MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of U.S. and Italian spies who are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, a Milan judge ruled on Wednesday.
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Charles Taylor's deputy testified in the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president on Wednesday, describing how a Sierra Leonean rebel leader answered to his boss.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said security guarantees for Iran were not being considered at the moment in nuclear talks.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 20 people and wounded dozens more when he blew himself up at a funeral west of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday condemned the resumption of judicial executions in the United States and said abolishing capital punishment was fundamental to protecting human dignity and furthering human rights.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has named his team of close advisers, with key posts going mostly to officials who performed similar roles for previous Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian militant groups will meet in Egypt next week to consider Israel's response to a Hamas ceasefire offer in the Gaza Strip, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said on Wednesday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's government cancelled measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the country's 1975-90 civil war.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes between security forces and Shi'ite gunmen killed six people and wounded 28 in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police said on Wednesday.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return to his country and start a campaign for a run-off presidential vote against President Robert Mugabe on Sunday, the MDC said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Israel was "dying" and that people in the Middle East would destroy it if given the chance.
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