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US-ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON _ Sen. Joe Biden, the Senate's top foreign policy expert, is emerging as the Democrats' clear favorite to be Barack Obama's running mate _ a nomination that could be pivotal in his battle against Republican John McCain's assault on his foreign policy credentials. Moved. AP Photos.
US-REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
WASHINGTON _ Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will give the keynote address at the Republican National Convention next month and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman also will take center stage at the Republican gathering. Moved. By Liz Sidoti.
US-DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION-HOLDING CELLS
DENVER _ Police have dropped plans to top the holding cells in place for use during next week's Democratic convention with razor wire after some groups started comparing the site to the detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Moved. By P. Solomon Banda. AP Photos.
US-OVERSEAS DONORS
WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama's presidential campaign is promising to refund unlawful foreign contributions it accepted from outside the United States, discovered during Associated Press interviews with donors in 11 countries. John McCain's campaign says it's impractical to follow all the government's instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of the U.S. election. Moved. By Sharon Theimer And Troy Thibodeaux. AP Photos. AP Graphic VETTING DONORS.
MEXICO-KIDNAPPING WAVE
MEXICO CITY _ After kidnappers dressed as police set up a fake roadblock to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom for his son's safe return. Instead, the boy and his driver turned up dead, stirring a nation numbed to crime and prompting Mexico's president to call for tough measures against kidnapper-cops. By Mark Stevenson. AP Photos planned.
BRAZIL-OIL
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil _ President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says his Cabinet is considering the creation of a new state oil company to guarantee government control over Brazil's newly discovered offshore oil reserves. By Michael Astor.
US-RUSSIA-GEORGIA
ORLANDO, Florida _ President George W. Bush, pushing back against claims by Russia, says the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of pro-Western Georgia and that Washington will work with allies to insure Georgia's independence and territorial integrity. Moved. By Richard Lardner. AP Photos.
US-BUSH
ORLANDO, Florida _ President George W. Bush, nearing the end of two terms dominated by war, says his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq early last year brought security to a now resurgent nation and he criticized those who said his plan was flawed. Moved. By Richard Lardner.
MEXICO-ENDANGERED PORPOISE
ENSENADA, Mexico _ Mexico promises to invest the equivalent of US$16 million to save a highly endangered species of porpoise in the upper Gulf of California, asking reluctant fishermen to adopt safer methods or give up their trade entirely. Moved. By Dan Keane. AP Photos.
US-THRIVING AMISH
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania _ The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found. By Mark Scolforo. AP Graphic AMISH POPULATION.
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
MEXICO-CEMEX NATIONALIZATION
MEXICO CITY _ Mexican cement maker Cemex SAB says it will seek World Bank arbitration over Venezuela's move to nationalize its local cement plants this week _ a step it called flagrantly illegal. Developing. By Alexandra Olson. Developing.
US-MORTGAGE GIANTS-CRISIS
NEW YORK _ Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lose more than a quarter of their value as fears mounted that the mortgage financiers will soon need government support and any bailout would hang stockholders out to dry.
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US-OBAMA PROFILE
CHICAGO _ Next week, Barack Obama will step on stage in Denver to accept the Democratic nomination for president. He will be at the apex of U.S. politics _ a phenomenon who smashed every fundraising record, drew astounding crowds and made history. How did this man go so fast so far? The answers can be found in his unconventional biography _ the story of a man with political savvy and oratorical skill, enormous confidence and calm, fierce ambition and a keen sense of timing, and an uncanny knack of making friends in all the right places. By Sharon Cohen. AP Photos.
US-MCCAIN PROFILE
WASHINGTON _ In John McCain's thinking, it is one thing to break the rules and quite another to break the faith. He's spent a lifetime walking the line between the two. The high school troublemaker became one of the Naval Academy's "Bad Bunch," graduating fifth from the bottom of his class. The underachiever at Annapolis became a "bad apple" to his captors in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, turning his defiance into a virtue. Ever disinclined to follow the herd, Republican McCain has achieved his greatest legislative successes when making alliances with Democrats. Moved. By Nancy Benac. AP Photos
US-THE DREAM AND THE REALITY
ORLANDO, Florida _ The 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. most memorable speech coincides with the day when another African-American leader, Barack Obama, makes a historic speech of his own _ accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president. Moved. By Todd Lewan. AP Photos.
US-REPUBLICANS-CROSSROADS
WASHINGTON _ The Republican Party that strode confidently into New York City to nominate President Bush for a second term in 2004 would hardly recognize the one that opens its national convention Sept. 1 in St. Paul. Now Republicans appear to have lost their identity, wondering when the bleeding will stop. After losing control of both congressional chambers in 2006, they are anticipating even more House and Senate losses this fall. Moved. By Charles Babington.
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