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Sun-Times News Group :: Barack Obama :: (U.S., 13 articles)
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Former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh appeared flattered that their names were being bandied about in the media as vice presidential contenders. Forty years earlier, a rising star named Barack Obama tall, elegant and impeccably dressed attacked the nation's post-independence government, accusing leaders of betraying their ideals and replicating the nepotism of departing colonialists. The return of Iraq and Afghanistan to the forefront of the presidential campaign illustrates how both sides increasingly seem to view the race as largely a referendum on Obama, a first-term Illinois senator trying to become the first black president. Moving the convention finale in Denver from an indoor arena to a huge stadium, with a bigger crowd and more "real" people, will probably suggest a new, more democratic spirit. The Kennedy comparison has already been made in so many ways that this extra echo feels insistent and unnecessary. On the Balboa Bay Club's wall of its most famous guests, there are photos of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford and, of course, the Duke. The announcement came a day after the Democratic presidential hopeful sought to downplay his recent remarks on the contentious issue of dividing Jerusalem.
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Gates plans to send more troops to Afghanistan (World, 20 articles)
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The Bush administration is looking for ways to send more troops to Afghanistan amid a resurgence of violence in the country nearly seven years after the US ousted the Taliban regime. One day after his Democratic rival proposed an escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Republican presidential candidate John McCain called for a surge of as many as 15,000 troops to address the deteriorating security situation there. WASHINGTON - Following the official end of the troop surge in Iraq, the Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he expects to be able to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall.
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Hezbollah hands back Israeli soldiers in coffins (World, 27 articles)
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The two Israeli soldiers abducted in 2006 by Hezbollah and whose bodies were returned Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap will receive military funerals Thursday in their respective hometowns. Convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar on Wednesday vowed to continue his resistance against Israel, speaking at a Beirut rally welcoming his return and that of four Hezbollah men Israel released as part of a swap deal with the Lebanon-based guerilla group. Samir Kantar, one of Lebanon's most notorious militants, has been freed by Israel as part of a controversial prisoner swap which saw the dead bodies of two kidnapped soldiers returned to the Jewish State this morning.
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Iran will 'burn' Tel Aviv and US shipping in Gulf if nuclear programme attacked (World, 19 articles)
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The UK's Guardian newspaper said the US would announce plans for an interests section in Tehran in the next month. The report coincides with another shift in US approach towards Iran, with a top US diplomat planning to attend talks in Geneva with the Iranians on Saturday. TEHRAN, Iran - A two-day Iranian show of force through the launching of medium- and long-range test missiles was meant to strike fear in the hearts of the country's rivals.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Averting a rescue (U.S., 23 articles)
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration lobbied skeptical lawmakers Wednesday to support a rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as lawmakers weighed how to protect taxpayers while still giving the government unfettered power to pour money into the mortgage giants. WASHINGTON - Fresh worries spread through world markets Tuesday as a crisis of confidence battered more U.S. financial institutions and the chairman of the Federal Reserve issued a sobering assessment of economic woes. Asian stock markets fell sharply Tuesday as investor confidence in the U.S. financial system eroded even further despite a government-backed plan to help beleaguered mortgage financiers Fannie May and Freddie Mac.
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