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Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean yesterday called border security his party's top immigration priority for November. "The first thing we want is tough border control," he said. "We have to do a much better job on our borders than George Bush has done. And then we can go to the policy disagreements about how to get it done."

Two U.S. navy warships attacked and captured a group of Somali pirates Saturday, leaving one suspect dead and five wounded. Twelve suspects were taken into custody after the early-morning shootout, said U.S. navy spokesman Lt.-Cmdr. Charlie Brown. No U.S. sailors were wounded in the battle, which occurred early in the morning off the Somali coast in international waters. Brown said the battle started when two U.S. guided-missile ships spotted a nine-metre fishing boat towing smaller skiffs. Sailors from the USS Cape St. George and USS Gonzalez were preparing to board the fishing boat when they saw the suspected pirates holding...