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| Texas filibuster | | The Texas legislature's special session ended with uncertainty over whether lawmakers had voted on a bill that would have greatly restricted abortions in the state. FULL STORY |
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| Nelson Mandela | | After hours of vigils and secret family meetings, South Africans awoke to another day of unease Wednesday as ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained hospitalized in critical condition. |
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