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...debate Thursday night inside Hillary Clinton's shell-shocked campaign was what to do now - specifically: how negative to go on Barack Obama. Her 10-minute speech from the stage in the Hotel Fort Des Moines was all magnanimity and grace. Congratulating Obama and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, who finished ahead of her, Clinton said, "Together we have presented a case for change and made it absolutely clear that America needs a new beginning...
...late-breaking trends. But there were signs that Team Clinton knew that it might be fighting an uphill battle against Obama in Iowa. Clinton advisers had begun to play down expectations for a win over the last couple of days and even former President Bill Clinton told politico.com early Thursday morning that the primary process was a long one, noting he didn't win until the Georgia Primary, in March of 1992. "You just have to keep going," he said...
...remarkable tableau late Thursday night, an African American stood in front of hundreds of screaming white middle Americans and delivered a speech that lifted its leitmotifs from great speeches of the past. "On this January night," said Obama, "at this defining moment in history, you have done what the cynics said we couldn't do. You have done what the state of New Hampshire can do in five days. You have done what America can do in this new year, 2008. In lines that stretched around schools and churches, in small towns and big cities, you came together...
Kenyan police and opposition protesters fought running battles across the capital Nairobi on Thursday, as riot police blocked the opposition from holding a mass demonstration in the city center and tribal violence raged on the outskirts...
Odinga claims the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki rigged the Dec. 27 general election when Odinga was on the verge of winning. That allegation has been backed by statements from the U.S., Britain and European Union observers alleging irregularities in the counting process. It was further strengthened Thursday when Kenya's attorney general called for an independent investigation into the poll. "It is necessary... that a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately on a priority basis by an agreed and independent person or body," Attorney General Amos Wako said. The country, he added...