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Full Text (403 words)McCain stepped up his efforts to court the Republican right.
The Arizona senator won the endorsements of billionaire Steve Forbes and former Solicitor General Theodore Olson. Polls show McCain leading Romney by double digits in advance of the Super Tuesday primaries. On the Democratic side, Obama received the support of MoveOn.org, a liberal group with three million members. Clinton remains the front- runner, but a recent poll showed her nationwide lead thinning.
Romney's Mormon faith will face renewed attention as he attends the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the church's former president.
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Two suicide bombers killed at least 72 people at two Baghdad pet markets, making it the deadliest day in the Iraqi capital in months. Iraqi officials said the bombers, both women, were mentally disabled and may not have understood the purpose of their mission.
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Bush pressed Congress to pass a stimulus package, saying the labor report was a "troubling" sign that the economy is sputtering. Clinton and Obama said the job losses were evidence of failed Bush policies.
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Kenya's rival sides agreed to halt the violence that followed a disputed presidential election, but the death toll rose as police fired on mobs setting homes and businesses on fire.
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Gunmen opened fire on Israel's embassy in Mauritania, wounding three people. The attack followed calls for the government to break off diplomatic relations with Israel.
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Five Pakistani soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a military checkpoint near the site of a U.S. missile attack on an al Qaeda leader.
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Hamas militants defied Egyptian attempts to reseal the Gaza border, removing metal spikes placed there to block Palestinians from crossing.
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Poland reached an agreement in principle with the U.S. on plans to install a missile-defense system, a major source of tension with Russia.
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The EU postponed the deployment of a peacekeeping force to Darfur because of an upsurge of rebel activity in neighboring Chad.
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Romania's Constitutional Court struck down a law that had opened the archives of the country's communist-era secret police.
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Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a patient's upper jaw with a transplanted bone cultivated from his own stem cells.
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A U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider a ruling broadening its authority to review evidence against Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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A huge winter storm blanketed the Midwest with snow, snarling traffic and canceling many flights.
