AFP - Canada on Thursday delayed approval of the sale of its leading space firm MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to a US defense contractor as opponents of the deal feared a major setback in Canada’s space capabilities.
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AP - The U.N. envoy for Somalia urged the international community on Thursday to take action to stop the violence in the conflict-wracked Horn of Africa nation and consider deploying an interim multinational force.
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AP - GOP BLUES: New York Rep. Tom Reynolds announced he was retiring Thursday. That made it 26 current GOP lawmakers calling it quits, opening up chances for Democrats this November. Only seven seats are being given up by Democrats.
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AP - Who knew? President Bush wants to be unpopular.
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AP - China’s crackdown in Tibet will not cause President Bush to cancel his planned trip to the Beijing Olympics, the White House said Thursday.
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U.S. News & World Report - Frederick Kagan, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, tells U.S. News that, barring major developments, he sees little reason to reduce force levels in Iraq below presurge levels until early 2009.
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AP - The news just keeps getting worse for Republicans in this year’s campaigns for Congress.
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AP - The state Senate has adjourned without taking up a presidential primary bill, essentially ending Michigan’s chances of holding a June 3 do-over Democratic election.
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AP - Rep. Thomas Reynolds, a once-powerful lawmaker who saw his fortunes fall with those of the House Republicans, will announce Thursday he is retiring from Congress, The Associated Press has learned.
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AP - President Bush defiantly defended the Iraq war as U.S. troops began a sixth year of combat in the long and costly conflict that has dominated his presidency. Bush conceded the war has been harder and more expensive than anticipated but insisted it has all been necessary to keep Americans safe.
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