PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - March 3
WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Washington Post included the following items on its front page on March 3. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas suspended peace talks with Israel following a spasm of violence in the Gaza Strip that has left more than 100 Palestinians dead as Hamas has continued its campaign of rocket strikes.
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CLEVELAND - While Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy has often united blacks and whites at the ballot box, it has driven a wedge through the black political establishment, exposing a rift between a new generation that sees its political horizons as limitless though their predecessors have struggled to establish a following outside of heavily African American areas.
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Sen. Barack Obama sharply questioned Sen. Hillary Clinton's claims of extensive foreign policy experience, pushing back against her argument that only she is prepared to handle national security as president as the tow raced toward a pair of potentially decisive primary contests.
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BAGHDAD -- As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Iraq's leaders on Sunday, the first visit by a Middle Eastern head of state since the U.S.-led invasion.
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Many U.S. college students will begin to see higher costs for loans this spring, while others will be turned away by banks altogether as the credit crisis roiling the U.S. economy spreads into yet another sector, student lenders and Wall Street firms say.
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