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ABC News: Obama on Clinton VP Talk: 'Settle Down' (U.S., 123 articles)
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Senator Hillary Clinton plans to formally endorse Barack Obama on Saturday at a Washington event with her supporters, her campaign said last night, and will call on Democrats to unite behind their presumptive presidential nominee. Weary and wary of being linked so closely with the president, McCain says Obama is spreading a falsehood voters won't buy when he says McCain as president would deliver a third Bush term. As supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton wage a public campaign urging Sen. Barack Obama to select her as his running mate, some Democrats are resisting the idea, with former President Jimmy Carter saying it would be the "worst mistake" possible. " As Barack Obama has said before, the idea of joint town halls is appealing and one that would allow a great conversation to take place about the need to change the direction of this country said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to end her historic presidential campaign while leaving her options open to retain her delegates and promote her issue agenda, a campaign official says. Her decision to acquiesce caught many in the campaign by surprise and left the campaign scrambling to finalize the logistics and specifics behind her campaign departure
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Pierce leads Celtics past Lakers 98-88 in Game 1 (Sports, 49 articles)
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Looking back: Larry Bird and team Magic and team Isiah and team Michael Jordan and Team Akeem and team Tim team Now, KoBe team vs. KG team 48. This matchup resembles the super bowl, a team that should win versus a team that if all the right things happen will win. Lakers have the edge in championship game experience and we have Phil Lakers in 5 72 the role players will be the key the team with the more effective bench and role players will prevail.
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Zimbabwe opposition candidate detained for nine hours (World, 24 articles)
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader was detained by police and held without charge for eight hours on Wednesday while campaigning in the south-west of the country for the June 27 presidential run-off election. CAPE TOWN, June 5 - Zimbabwe's presidential election run-off should be scrapped to prevent further bloodshed, the ruling party defector who came third in the first round said on Thursday. HARARE, Zimbabwe - A mob believed loyal to President Robert Mugabe assaulted a convoy of U.S. and British diplomats Thursday, and the government ordered aid groups to halt operations in a move that could hamper food deliveries in impoverished Zimbabwe.
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UN food summit battles it out on biofuels (World, 20 articles)
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Global food production must be doubled by 2030 and farmers in poor countries better supported, a UN summit on the current food crisis has concluded. After three days of wrangling, delegates from about 180 countries approved a declaration resolving to ease the suffering caused by soaring food prices and step up investment in agriculture. ROME - It was supposed to be an emergency conference on food shortages, climate change, and energy.
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Climate bill stalls in Senate after dispute (U.S., 6 articles)
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P (06-05) 19:57 PDT Washington - A Senate climate change bill appears headed for defeat Friday, with Republicans and Democrats sharply split over how to achieve deep cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. " This bill was doomed from the start said Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and one of the bill's chief critics. An angry Majority Leader Harry Reid demanded senators return to the Capitol for the late-night vote after Republicans blocked his attempt to limit amendments on the bill, arguing there were not enough senators in the chamber for Reid to proceed.
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