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DALY CITY, Calif. -- One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport. Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran has completed preparations to place its first satellite into orbit. Iranian sources said the Sina reconnaissance satellite would be launched from a Russian booster on Oct. 27. They said the Chinese-origin Sina would be launched from the Plesetsk launch site along with satellites from Britain, China and Russia. The Sina launch has been twice postponed because of technical difficulties. The sources said Iran failed to complete Sina on schedule, and that an integration difficulties with the Russian Kosmos-3 booster in June 2005 delayed operations at Plesetsk. The Iranian embassy in Moscow said Sina would be launched...