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China's modernizing military will make it a more muscular player in world events, a U.S. Defense Department report says.

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CQPolitics.com - Thirty-one Wyoming Republicans have asked state party officials to be considered for appointment to the Senate seat recently vacated by Republican Craig Thomas, who died of leukemia on June 4.

Reuters - Humanitarian access is shrinking rapidly in Darfur where relief workers are attacked and intimidated, a U.N. humanitarian official said shortly before making his first trip to the region on Tuesday.