Clinton, Obama neck to neck Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spent the final, tension-filled hours before the Super Tuesday primaries squeezing out votes in the east coast battlefield states where opinion polls place the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination almost neck and neck.
Bhutto's will said husband should lead party The party of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto will on Tuesday publish her will in which she calls for her husband to lead the party and says she fears for the countrys future.
Bush wants $719.8 mn for missile shield In his 2009 financial year budget proposal, US President George W Bush has requested $719.8 million to deploy elements of the US missile shield in Europe.
'Not allies in the traditional military sense'
India, US 'strategic partners': Sen India and the US cannot be "allies in the traditional military sense" and are more of "strategic partners" given their cooperation in diverse areas, said Indian Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen.
7 killed in Afghan blast Two roadside bombs killed seven people in Afghanistan, five of them civilians from the same family, police said on Tuesday, in new attacks linked to a bloody Taliban insurgency.
Kate Fitzgerald casts her ballot at O'Neills pub in Suffolk Street, Dublin, on Tuesday, after it was turned into a voting centre for US Democrats living in Ireland. AP
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