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• REFILE-Republican McCain girding for battle with Obama - Reuters
• Cabinet condemns Hezbollah 'coup' - BBC News
• Russia Parades Military Might - New York Times
• Sri Lanka military says rebels sink navy ship in attack in east - International Herald Tribune
• Aid Groups, Governments Appeal for More Access to Burma - Voice of America

• Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution (AP)
• Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement (AP)
• Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties (AP)
• Military considering new cremation policies (AP)
• Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge (AP)

• Lebanon government denounces Hezbollah "coup" in Beirut - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition called "an armed and bloody coup".

  

  
  
• U.N. launches Myanmar appeal and resumes aid flights - YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed for $187 million in aid on Friday to help 1.5 million victims in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar and said it would resume relief flights despite the military government's seizure of food supplies.

  

  
  
• Obama gathers support as he looks to November - BEAVERTON, Oregon (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama turned his focus to a U.S. general election showdown with John McCain on Friday and said the Republican White House candidate would continue the "failed policies" of President George W. Bush.

  

  
  
• U.S. sees record world food crops easing crisis - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Good weather will help the world's farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S. government said on Friday, which should allay fears of shortages and help bring prices down from current high levels.

  

  
  
• U.S. makes changes to cremations for slain troops - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon ordered changes to procedures for the cremation of slain troops after concerns emerged about the military's use of a crematorium that burns both human and animal remains, officials said on Friday.

  

  
  

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