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• Obama says he was too flip on abortion issue
Sen. Barack Obama becomes the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports. WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that he was probably too flip when he ...
• Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage
It is most prevalent among Hispanics, relatively rare among African-Americans, and more common among boys than girls. "There are people in their 30s or early 40s that will require a liver transplant" from developing the condition as a kid, predicts Dr
• Germany marks Berlin Airlift 60th anniversary
During the airlift, American, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, and South African pilots flew 278,000 flights to Berlin, carrying 2.3 million tons of food, coal, medicine and other supplies.
• Rice visits former pariah Libya, to meet Gadhafi
Rice is the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century. She will meet over dinner with mercurial leader Moammar , whom President Reagan once called a “mad dog” and other U.S. leaders have ...
• U.S. films help Venice festival finish strongly
Ethiopian entry “Teza” is in the frame for the top prize, and would be the first African picture to win in Venice, the world’s oldest film festival.