Obama eyes American Indians in presidential bid
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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama said on Friday the United States has a  "special obligation" to help American Indians and pledged to  hold annual summits with tribal leaders if he is elected in  November.
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The 2008 U.S. presidential  election is being followed closely by millions around the world  but in the Kenyan village of Kogelo, relatives of Democratic  hopeful Barack Obama are watching every step of the race.
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Senator Barack Obama is running for president as one of the few candidates who opposed the Iraq war from the beginning.
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Seated on plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and barefoot children, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives listened to the radio Tuesday for news of how their favorite son was doing in the New Hampshire primary.
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Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is heightening his flirtation with a White House run Sunday during his first trip to New Hampshire, where over 2,000 people had snatched up tickets to see him speak.
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Barack Obama wants to hear about the challenges facing rural communities.
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Senator Barack Obama is expected to hold the advantage in three Democratic primaries in the Chesapeake Bay region.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama opens his 2008 White House run on Saturday in a setting rife with symbolism and historic links to Abraham Lincoln's fight to end slavery.
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CONCORD, N.H., Jan. 7 -- For months, Barack Obama's presidential campaign has focused its organizational abilities on the small, well-defined canvas of Iowa and New Hampshire, where the senator from Illinois has been able to make his case face to face with large proportions of the electorate and ...
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NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Barack Obama's bid to be America's first black president is under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike before political debates on Saturday to help voters pick who to vote for in New Hampshire's primary.
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A victory for Barack Obama in his battle for the US senate in the state of Illinois could spell hope for his ancestral Kenyan farming community, fractured by AIDS, years of poverty and illiteracy, villagers hope.
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Last time ballots were cast in New Hampshire's presidential primary, hardly anyone in America knew the name Barack Obama. Now he is a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination hoping that momentum will propel him to become the first black president.
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Guatemala's Maya Indian Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu said on Wednesday she may run for president this year in a bid to become the second indigenous head of state in Latin America.
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Analysis | Former president has played the lead role in taking the fight to Barack Obama.
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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln,  pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan divide in  Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics  as the first black U.S. president.
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Barack Obama is projected to win the Maine contest to choose a Democratic presidential candidate.
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With a brilliant smile and a flock of journalists at his coattails, Democratic Senator Barack Obama's campaign for US congressional elections is looking more like a bid for the presidency in 2008.