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NYT > NYTimes.com HomeChinese Flee Flood Threat Due to QuakeThousands of earthquake survivors fled camps and villages after warnings that several lakes and rivers were getting dangerously close to overflowing.
Senator Kennedy Suffers a SeizureSenator Edward M. Kennedy was hospitalized in Boston, where he was undergoing tests to determine the cause of the seizure, his office said.
The Long Run: Obama?s Story, Written by ObamaBarack Obama has packaged his life story into two hugely successful books that have made him a best-selling millionaire.
The Food Chain: Crop Research Is Neglected, and Third World Pays PriceThe budgets of institutions that delivered the world from famine in the 1970s have stagnated or fallen, even as the problems they were trying to solve became harder.
U.S. Planning Big New Prison in AfghanistanOfficials are scaling back plans to shift prisoners into Afghan custody in a stark acknowledgment that the U.S. is likely to hold prisoners overseas for years.
Famine Looms as Wars Rend Horn of AfricaVillagers say Somalis are dying of hunger and thirst amid soaring food prices, skimpy rainfall and rising violence.
Offering Straying Parolees a Hand, Not CuffsSeveral states are focusing on rehabilitating offenders instead of punishing them for parole violations.
Militants in Pakistan Free DiplomatPakistan?s ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped three months ago by Taliban militants, was released Friday night, the government said.
Insurgents Held in Mosul CrackdownThe operation was aimed at crushing Sunni insurgents, who had regrouped in the area of Mosul.
Zimbabwe?s Tsvangirai Delays ReturnZimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe.
High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of EngineersEngineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young people are now choosing other careers.
F.B.I. Gets Mixed Review in Interrogation ReportThe F.B.I.?s agents were praised for not being complicit in abuses at Guantánamo Bay, but the agency was found to be slow to respond to complaints about the tactics.
Saving Horses, One Thoroughbred at a TimeHorse rehab farms resurrect a fraction of the roughly 100,000 horses that are expected to be shipped across the border and ultimately slaughtered for meat.
Obama Says Bush and McCain Are ?Fear Mongering? in AttacksSenator Barack Obama responded to attacks on his foreign policy and tried to turn the tables on his critics.
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washingtonpost.com - Today's HighlightsBush Says U.S. Must Pursue Energy OptionsBush expresses satisfaction with Saudi Arabia's oil production boost, puts onus on U.S. to curb gas prices by expanding oil exploration, conservation.


Sen. Ted Kennedy Hospitalized
Sen. Edward Kennedy, 76, a leading Democrat, is hospitalized for evaluation after suffering a seizure, a spokeswoman says.


McCain Shows Pro-Gun SideSenator casts his battles with NRA as isolated cases apart from otherwise solid support for gun rights.


A Bust in Hunt for Al-QaedaLavish U.S. rewards program fails to draw reliable leads on most-wanted figures in terror network.


U-Va. Dean Makes a DifferenceBlacks graduating at best rate among public universities, in part because of Sylvia Terry.

