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GM closing four truck plants as US drivers switch to small cars

GM closing four truck plants as US drivers switch to small cars

US enacts new rules for visa-free visitors

US enacts new rules for visa-free visitorsWashington -

UN estimates 2 million women trafficked a year

sex industryNew York - An estimated 2 million women are caught each year in the worldwide sex

Kennedy recuperating after successful brain surgery

Edward Ted KennedyWashington - Family members of Edward "Ted" Kennedy, the long-time Democratic Party icon and Massachusetts senator, who underwent successful surgery Monday on a malignant brain tumour discovered last month, said the Senator is doing well.

"I feel like a million bucks," Kennedy said after the surgery, according to a family spokesperson. "I think I'll do that again tomorrow."

The last surviving Kennedy brother was operated on for about three and a half hours at the Duke University Medical Centre in North Carolina, the hospital said in a statement.

Clinton campaign denies plans to concede

Hillary Clinton, Barack ObamaWashington - Hillary Clinton's presidential cam

Last Democratic primaries under way in South Dakota, Montana

Washington  - The five-month Democratic presidential primary race between senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama reached the final stretch Tuesday as polls opened in South Dakota and Montana.

Opinion polls place Obama in the lead in both states.

First results were expected early Wednesday after polls close at 0100 GMT.

US media reported that Obama could declare himself the winner in the battle to become the Democratic Party's presidential candidate to go up against Republican John McCain.

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