Obama Wins Nomination; Biden and Bill Clinton Rally Party A unanimous vote made Senator Barack Obama the first African-American to become a major party nominee for president.
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Biden Opens New Phase With Attack on McCain Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. accepted the nomination for vice president with criticism of Senator John McCain.
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Man in the News: For a New Political Age, a Self-Made Man Even before he entered public life, Barack Obama began honing his political, mental and emotional skills.
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Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over two years have been passed to their countries? intelligence services.
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Russia Adopts Blustery Tone Set by Envoy Russia?s representative to NATO, Dmitri O. Rogozin, often derided for his forceful style, is now taken more seriously.
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9 Killed in Bomb Blast in Pakistan Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country?s tribal belt.
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In Survey, Support for Term-Limit Change The results of a telephone survey conducted by The New York Times show that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would find ample support in the City...
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Switzerland Frees $60 Million in Zardari?s Assets The accounts of Asif Ali Zardari, who is expected to become Pakistan?s president, had been frozen in 1997 at the request of Pakistani authorities investigating...
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U.S.-Pakistani Brainstorming on Border Violence The extreme secrecy surrounding talks between the most senior American and Pakistani commanders on Tuesday underscores how gravely the two nations regard the militant threat....
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Red Sox at Center of Stimulus Plan To help prop up their sagging economy, officials in Sarasota, Fla., are trying with all their civic might to poach the Red Sox? spring training...
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