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Bill Clinton laid his political hands on Barack Obama Wednesday night in front of more than 30,000 adoring supporters, just six days before Americans pick a new President...
...Since Clinton left office, the Democrats have lost two straight presidential elections by close margins, in both cases with candidates much more allied - politically and personally - to Clinton than Obama has been. But Wednesday night, Clinton spoke about his party's nominee with warmth and apparent conviction...
...expect he'll be able to deliver a speech Tuesday night or Wednesday morning...
...suicide bombing that rocked Kabul on Wednesday was but the latest outrage in a fresh wave of violence that began on October 20 with the shooting death of a British charity worker, followed by the assassination of two western DHL employees less than a week later. The bomb attack on the Ministry of Culture and Information, not far from the presidential palace, appears to have targeted the ministry's foreign advisers, according to the Taliban spokesman who claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of his organization in an interview with the Associated Press. Three attackers rushed the gate...
...increasing violence, which has 2008 on track to have the highest number of troop and civilian casualties in Afghanistan since the toppling of the Taliban regime in 2001, has prompted many in the Afghan government to consider reconciliation talks with moderate members of the insurgent group. Wednesday's bombing, however, may serve to dampen public enthusiasm for such talks. President Karzai, who was on his way to Turkey to attend the World Economic Forum on Europe and Asia, called the attack "heinous," saying "Our enemies are trying to undermine the recent efforts by the government for a peaceful solution...