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AUSTIN, Texas – Texas’ chief justice said Friday his decision to appoint a Democrat to preside over Republican Rep. Tom DeLay’s campaign-finance case stands, despite prosecutors’ objections to the justice’s political connections. In a letter to District Attorney Ronnie Earle (search) and defense lawyer Dick DeGuerin (search), Chief Justice Wallace …

WASHINGTON – Supporters of legislation that would penalize China because of its currency practices said Wednesday they were delaying a Senate vote on the issue in hopes President Bush could resolve the dispute while in Beijing. Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said they had an agreement with …

MAHE, Seychelles – Pirates who attacked a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia grinned as they aimed grenade-launchers and machine guns at the deck and staterooms, some passengers said Monday, recounting the ordeal after safely docking in this Indian Ocean archipelago. The ship escaped by shifting to high speed …