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AP - Congressional Democrats are using the uproar over an Arab company's
 planned takeover of some U.S. port operations to paint Republicans as
 faltering on the GOP's signature issue -- national security -- and
 accuse them of ignoring port safety in the past.

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AP - Legislation to curb excesses of both lobbyists and lawmakers
 reached the Senate floor Monday as leaders from both parties warned
 that the integrity of Congress is at stake.

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AP - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the government can
 force colleges to open their campuses to military recruiters despite
 university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy
 on gays.

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AP - South Dakota's governor signed a near-total ban on abortions in the
 state into law in what the governor called a "direct frontal assault"
 on the U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize the practice 33 years
 ago.

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The Christian Science Monitor - Two key former Soviet states - Belarus
 and Ukraine - head into elections this month amid dramatic accusations
 of planned coups, state coercion, and vote-fixing.

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AP - The Bush administration has started an aggressive campaign to
 convince skeptical lawmakers of the merits of a landmark civilian
 nuclear cooperation agreement with India.

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AP - As two Democrats with little statewide name recognition tended to
 last-minute campaigning Tuesday in their bids to challenge GOP Gov.
 Rick Perry, two independents hoped to capitalize on low turnout in
 Texas' gubernatorial primary election.

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AP - Responding to Republican claims that she may be too angry to win
 national office, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience Monday to
 wear such criticism as "a badge of honor" and suggested that gender
 played a role in the attacks.

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AP - The $6.8 billion deal British courts approved Monday, putting a
 Dubai-owned company in charge of significant operations at six U.S.
 ports, also gives the company a lesser role in other dockside
 activities at 16 other American seaports.

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USATODAY.com - The U.S. government can withhold funds from universities
 that protest the Pentagon's ban on gay men and lesbians by denying
 military recruiters access to campuses and students, the Supreme Court
 ruled Monday.  It "does not affect the law schools' speech," Chief
 Justice John Roberts said.

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AP - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency said Monday a deal on
 Iran's suspect nuclear program could be only a few days away, making
 U.N. Security Council action unneeded.

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