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Romney clinches nomination, but Trump overshadows
Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential nomination after years of fighting, though his triumph was partially overshadowed by the celebrity businessman who helped him along the way.
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Curtains open wide in Myanmar, a crack in N. Korea
For decades, they have been two of the world's most reclusive nations.
Myanmar, run by a cabal of generals, squelched any attempt at democratic change and kept the country's most popular figure under strict house arrest for years.
North Korea, run by the same family as a Stalinist dictatorship since the 1940s, simply sealed itself off. Outsiders were rarely allowed to visit, tourists were long unknown and the only way ordinary people could escape the country's extreme poverty and political repression was to steal across the border into China.
But in very different ways, the two nations have opened themselves up over the past year or so, allowing the world to peer behind the political curtains they had so laboriously erected.
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Romney ready to claim GOP nomination after Texas
Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger.
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UN: Most of 108 killed in Syria were executed
The U.N. said Tuesday that entire families were shot in their homes during a massacre in Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, including children. Most of the victims were shot at close range, the U.N. said.
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Obama to honor fallen troops on Memorial Day
President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the nation's fallen warriors on Memorial Day, attending a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring those who died during the Vietnam War.
- Russian FM: Both sides in Syria to blame
- Obama, Romney try to play it safe in 2012 gamble
- Judge to Edwards jurors: Don't discuss the case
- Activists put Syria attack death toll at over 90
- Dragon capsule on course for space station arrival
- Egypt's ultraconservatives planting seeds in vote
- Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds
- Clinton: US wars with al-Qaida on the web
- Private supply ship flies near space station
- Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge
- 5 Western states shielding part of executions
- Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential election
- Private supply ship rockets toward space station
- Everest will be crowded again days after 4 killed
- UN nuclear chief says deal with Iran reached
- Families of Lockerbie victims still seek answers
- World leaders set to tackle Afghanistan's future
- Chinese activist renews call to fight injustice
- 22 states join campaign finance fight
- SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last second
- In Colorado, same-sex marriage remains a hot issue
- Activist: China to have passports ready in 2 weeks
- Obama requesting help to pay for Afghan army
- Ratko Mladic's genocide trial gets under way
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Romney clinches nomination, but Trump overshadows
