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In a More Diverse America, A Mostly White Convention

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- Organizers conceived of this convention as a means to inspire, but some African American Republicans have found the Xcel Energy Center depressing this week. Everywhere they look, they see evidence of what they consider one of their party's biggest shortcomings.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Palin Comes Out Fighting

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin electrified the Republican convention Wednesday night, pitching herself as a champion of government reform, mocking Democratic candidate Barack Obama as an elitist and belittling media criticism of her experience.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Striking Back at Critics, One by One

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3 -- Sen. John McCain's vice presidential running mate may be controversial, risky and untested on the national stage. But at the convention Wednesday night, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proved to be an instant jolt of energy for a political party that has been worried and...

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys

Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have linked a chemical found in everyday plastics to problems with brain function and mood disorders in monkeys -- the first time the chemical has been connected to health problems in primates.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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This Time, Bush Finds Better Picture

BATON ROUGE, Sept. 3 -- When President Bush visited the Louisiana capital after Hurricane Katrina, most of New Orleans lay underwater, thousands were stranded in squalor, and his administration was feuding with the state's Democratic governor over who was to blame.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Rice to Prod Libya On Detained Activist

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to raise the case of a gravely ill Libyan political prisoner championed by Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.) when she travels to Tripoli this week, a senior State Department official said yesterday.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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In India, Outcry Over U.S. Letter

NEW DELHI, Sept. 3 -- A day after a secret letter from the U.S. State Department to Congress about the controversial nuclear energy deal with India was made public, Indian opposition figures cried foul, accusing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of willfully misleading the nation about restrictive...

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Around the World

South Korea said Wednesday that North Korea had begun restoring its nuclear facilities. But the United States played down the assertion, saying the North Koreans had apparently only moved some equipment out of storage.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

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Rice: U.S. to Give $1 Billion to 'Help Georgia Sustain Itself'

The Bush administration announced a $1 billion aid package to Georgia yesterday, making the former Soviet republic one of the highest per capita recipients of U.S. economic assistance.

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Louisiana Postpones Primary

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) yesterday ordered his state's congressional primary, which had been scheduled for Saturday, postponed after the damage wrought by Hurricane Gustav made it too difficult to organize the balloting on time.

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04.09.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Politics

washingtonpost.com - Politics

In a More Diverse America, A Mostly White Convention

Palin Comes Out Fighting

Striking Back at Critics, One by One

Chemical in Plastic Is Connected to Health Problems in Monkeys

This Time, Bush Finds Better Picture

Rice to Prod Libya On Detained Activist

In India, Outcry Over U.S. Letter

Around the World

Rice: U.S. to Give $1 Billion to 'Help Georgia Sustain Itself'

Louisiana Postpones Primary

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