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Dalai Lama says understands anger over Everest torch (Reuters)

Reuters - The Dalai Lama says he understands why Tibetan exiles were angry that the Olympic torch reached the top of Mount Everest but had advised them against protesting.

Clinton Continues Striving for the Nomination; Bold Challenge by Drug Cartels: Top Mexican Federal Police Official Assassinated; Are Michigan and Florida Votes Still up For Debate?
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LOU DOBBS, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, Senator Hillary Clinton ignores her critics, defies political pundits and says she will fight to the finish. We'll have complete

Clinton's Open Letter To Obama
In an open letter to her Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton asks Barack Obama to help her 'arrive at a solution that honors the votes of the millions of people who went to the polls in Florida and Michigan.' After Tuesday's results in North Carolina and

2 murder convictions for suspect in Michigan serial killings (AP)
AP - A man suspected of killing several women in this city over several terrifying weeks was convicted Thursday of two of the slayings and of attacking a third woman who survived.

Wage-cutting in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American Axle strike
The strike by American Axle & Manufacturing workers in Michigan and New York is now over 10 weeks long. This bitter struggle is the culmination of a protracted process in which the US automakers and their top suppliers have sought to claw back and

Clinton Rejects Latest Michigan Delegate Plan (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday rejected a compromise plan to seat Michigan's delegates to the national convention that would give 69 delegates to Clinton and 59 to Barack Obama.

Sources: Clinton supporter pressures Pelosi
Hillary Clinton supporter Harvey Weinstein threatened to cut off contributions to congressional Democrats unless House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embraced his plan to finance revotes in Florida and Michigan, three officials familiar with their conversation said.

Michigan Democrats agree to ask DNC committee to split delegates 69-59 between Clinton, Obama
LANSING, Michigan: Michigan Democratic leaders have settled on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the state's delegates seated at the national convention. Clinton won the Jan. 15

Algerian presence at US-Arab Economic Forum
Algeria's Minister of Energy to address new ways of cooperation between America, Arab World. By Aly Z. Ramji - MICHIGAN Algeria's Minister of Energy and Mining, who is also the current President of OPEC, Chakib Khelil, will be among the attendees at

Mich. Dems settle on delegate-seating plan to bring to DNC (AP)
AP - Michigan Democratic leaders on Wednesday settled on a plan to give presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton 69 delegates and Barack Obama 59 as a way to get the state's delegates seated at the national convention.

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Michigan became the United States twenty-sixth state on January 26, 1837. The capital is Lansing. The state's largest city is Detroit. The state gets its name from the Chippewa word "meicigana", meaning "great or large lake". Michigan has the largest of the Great Lakes. The Wolverine State was the first state to guarantee every child in the state the right to a high school education. Ranked 22nd in land size, Michigan has a total land area of 56,809 square miles.

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