Obama bemoans 'epidemic of violence'
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Standing before a church congregation that has witnessed inner-city violence firsthand, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Sunday that more must be done to end a social ill that is "sickening the soul of this nation."
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Democratic presidential contender  Barack Obama may joke about preparing for debates by riding  bumper cars, but the 2008 campaign has been fairly civil so far  -- and that&#39;s not necessarily good for U.S. voters.
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Beijing responds with a new campaign after at least eight recent violent incidents.
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President Bush defended his decision not to visit violence-stricken nations like Kenya and Sudan, saying he wanted to focus on âsuccess stories.â
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Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday that the tone of the presidential campaign has soured, but insisted he and his wife have created a bubble around their two young daughters to protect them.
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With elections just days away, an increase of violence is casting doubt on the whether voters will show up at all.
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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., warned Democratic activists Sunday that the party must take a tougher stance on national security if it wants to succeed in the November elections.
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Regularly drawing crowds of 10,000 or more, Democrat Barack Obama has been likened to a rock star so often that it has worn thin.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama sounded very much like a 2008 White House candidate on his first visit to the presidential proving grounds of New Hampshire on Sunday, firing up local activists and calling for a new "sense of hope" in U.S. politics.
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Prime Minister John Howard's fracas with Sen. Barack Obama provoked a third straight day of political recriminations Wednesday, as the Australian leader told parliament that the pledge by the Democratic presidential candidate to withdraw troops from Iraq will only invite more bloodshed.
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KABUL, Afghanistan US-led forces trying to protect next month&#39;s landmark elections in Afghanistan are facing a rising wave of violence from several thousand insurgents.
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A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Barack Obama, circling through Iowa on Sunday before returning here on Day 2 of his presidential launch, challenged his Democratic rivals to lay out specifics for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and declared that the thousands of lives lost so far in the war had been...
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A Capitol Hill house where Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) rents an apartment caught fire yesterday while the Democratic presidential contender was out of town, a spokesman said.
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Attacks come as Clinton attempts to slow Obama's momentum in contests in Wisconsin and Hawaii.
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Fresh off a spat with rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he'd like to see an end to the "tit-for-tat" that dominates politics.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg brought his message against terror to a town shaken by persistent attacks from Palestinian militants.