Sen. Barack Obama, the newly minted presumed Democratic presidential nominee, said Wednesday that it was “very humbling” to be the the first African-American to lead a major party’s ticket and expressed confidence the party would unify behind him.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton will officially suspend her campaign for the presidency by the end of the week, multiple sources told CNN.
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Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and Sen. Hillary Clinton will be “having a conversation in the coming weeks,” but will they talk about sharing the ticket?
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Barack Obama has strongly backed Israel in his first foreign policy speech since becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, just two days after he was accused of naivete by Republican challenger John McCain.
Mullah Nadhim preached open war on U.S. troops for years.
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Political power broker Tony Rezko, whose links to presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama thrust him into the national spotlight, was convicted of extortion, money laundering and fraud Wednesday.
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called for talks with rival Hamas aimed at forming a new government after a yearlong political and territorial split.
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