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By ANDREW JACOBS
The warning on the toll Thursday in Chinese state media came as tens of thousands of soldiers and emergency workers struggled against impassable roads and barriers of concrete and brick to reach the 40,000 people officials said were buried in the rubble or missing.
By ELISABETH BUMILLER, BRIAN KNOWLTON AND JIM RUTENBERG
In a departure from his earlier refusal to speculate on a date for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Senator John McCain projected Thursday that most American troops would be home by 2013 if he is elected.
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
The widely publicized police raids were a strong signal from Italy's new rightist government, which includes the anti-immigrant Northern League Party, that it will pursue tougher policies toward immigrants.
By ADAM LIPTAK
The state Supreme Court's 4-to-3 decision makes California only the second state, after Massachusetts, to allow same-sex marriages.
By CARTER DOUGHERTY
Germany posted 1.5 percent growth in the first quarter, appearing to validate the path taken by the European Central Bank not to cut interest rates.
Tens of thousands of farming families lost their draft animals, their rice stocks and their seeds.
- Celebrity scandal fuels challenge to South Korean adultery law
- Medvedev tours Russian missile base
- Civil servants and teachers in France strike against cutbacks
- Russian leaders pledge to stimulate oil production
- OPEC, again, trims forecast for global growth in oil demand
- Billionaire investor moves to oust board of Yahoo and push for its sale
- Along the Sadr City wall, cease-fire means nothing
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Senator Barack Obama has been wearing a flag pin on his lapel recently after pressure from supporters and critics alike. Was he right to give in or do you believe that patriotism is in actions, not accessories?
Senator Barack Obama has been wearing a flag pin on his lapel recently after pressure from supporters and critics alike. Was he right to give in or do you believe that patriotism is in actions, not accessories?
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The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses the week in world news.
The Olympic torch arrived in Japan on Friday, as protests loomed and corporate sponsors backed away.
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