Critical Obama loses 'favorite son' status in Kenya
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Kenya stepped up criticism of US Senator Barack Obama, accusing him of insulting the Kenyan people and trivializing their achievements during a visit to his father's homeland.
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The fine print of Kenyan election law could result in an inconclusive end to the closely contested presidential race.
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Senator Barack Obama has held his tongue when given the chance to criticize his rivals. The same rules may not apply on late-night television.
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During the hot Chicago summer, with polling data showing his campaign lagging and the national media fixated on an "inevitable nominee," advisers to Barack Obama divided into warring factions.
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Barack Hussein Obama grew up on the beaches of Hawaii and the streets of Indonesia. He was raised by his white mother and barely knew his African father. He experimented with drugs and seemed headed nowhere, yet ended up excelling at elite universities.
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Sen. Barack Obama urged Kenyans to take control of their country's destiny by opposing corruption and ethnic divisions in government during a policy speech Monday at the main university in his father's homeland.
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President Bushâs State of the Union address was eclipsed by the image of Caroline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy anointing Senator Barack Obama as the true successor to John F. Kennedy.
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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. But the cliche got put to a real test this week in Omaha, Neb., and Obama passed.
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Barack Obamaâs postracial style is the reason for much of his political success, but it also has its pitfalls.
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Under U.S. pressure, Kenya's president and his chief rival agreed to talks and made other concessions to end their deadly election dispute. The opposition, meanwhile, claimed violence, much of it fueled by tribal rivalries, has killed up to 1,000 people, but the government put the toll at nearly 500.
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Analysis: Barack Obama must counter portrayal of him as all talk and no action, especially on the economy
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Barack Obama, struggling to gain  ground on rival Hillary Clinton in the 2008 White House race,  faces a delicate dilemma in trying to bring down the Democratic  front-runner without spoiling his upbeat image.
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A planned opposition rally appeared to falter on Friday, giving Kenya some respite from post-election turmoil that has killed more than 300 people.
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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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Kenyaâs crisis is probably not quite over, though many Kenyans clearly wish it was, but for the first time in a week tensions have cooled.
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Illinois Sen. Barack ObamaÃ¢ÂÂs charismatic persona and status as perhaps the strongest-ever African-American contender for president has had him riding a wave of publicity in the early weeks of his bid for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
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Some blacks argue that Senator Barack Obama is distant from the struggles and identities of most black Americans.