Climber Gore, runner Bush show-off fitness in marathon -- political race
Indian democracy, like American democracy, may be in good shape. But unlike Indian politicians, most of who are ailing, infirm, and sometime plain decrepit, America's top leaders are fighting fit. Maybe it has something to do with the length of the U.S Presidential race.



Gore fights for his life in US Pacific Northwest
Al Gore is fighting a political battle in a place he never expected, struggling to hold on to two US Pacific Northwest states that supporters were certain he would easily carry in his race for the White House.



Lanka revisits history as Sinhalese hooligans lynch 25 Tamil imates
Hundreds of local hooligans stormed a rehabilitation centre in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday killing 24 Tamil inmates in an orgy of violence that also left another man dead, police said.



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