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  • Obama calls for more focus on 'precarious' Afghanistan 20 Jul 2008 21:15 GMT
    ... U.S Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (R) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai walk ... the presidential palace in Kabul July 20, 2008. REUTERS KABUL, Afghanistan - US Democratic presidential ...

  • Obama expected to meet with commanders of Iraq war 20 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
    ... BAGHDAD (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit to Iraq for talks with commanders ... increased by 40 percent so far in 2008 compared with the same period in 2007. ...

  • Obama meets Afghan president Karzai 20 Jul 2008 20:30 GMT
    ... Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 12:09 PM Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed ...

  • Obama meets with Afghan president 20 Jul 2008 20:12 GMT
    ... Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ... up by 40 percent so far in 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. ...

  • Obama says Afghanistan is 'precarious' 20 Jul 2008 20:12 GMT
    ... Posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 19:25 (BST) U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama called the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent" on Sunday after meeting with Afghan ...

  • Obama: Afghanistan Is 'Precarious,' 'Urgent' 20 Jul 2008 19:48 GMT
    ... U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, second from left, with Gul Agha Shirzai, ... of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, July 19, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential contender Obama started a ...

  • Obama wants stronger steps so Pakistan cracks down on cross-border terrorist training camps 20 Jul 2008 19:48 GMT
    ... cracks down on cross-border terrorist training camps The Associated Press - Sunday, July 20, 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and Afghanistan must do more to combat the ...

  • Barack Obama meets Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai, vows US will continue war on terror with vigor 20 Jul 2008 19:48 GMT
    ... Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, left, sits with a U.S. soldier of ... Camp Eggers in Kabul, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Obama praised American troops while having breakfast ...

  • Obama: Step up effort against Taliban, al-Qaida 20 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT
    ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and ... made similar comments in the talks. © 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ...

  • Obama meets Karzai, vows steadfast Afghan aid 20 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT
    ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks ... sending more forces to the country. © 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. ...

  • Obama meets with Afghan president 20 Jul 2008 19:31 GMT
    ... the capital. presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ... up by 40 percent so far in 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. ...

  • Obama: Step up effort against Taliban, al-Qaida 20 Jul 2008 19:14 GMT
    ... Step up effort against Taliban, al-Qaida Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said Sunday the United States, NATO and ... made similar comments in the talks. Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ...

  • Afghanistan is 'precarious and urgent', says Obama 20 Jul 2008 17:50 GMT
    ... US presidential contender Barack Obama today said the situation in Afghanistan was ... weekly radio address. on Sunday July 20 2008. It was last updated at 17:43 on ...

  • Obama meets Afghan president Karzai 20 Jul 2008 17:50 GMT
    ... U.S. soldier of Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan during his visit with U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama to Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 20, 2008. U.S. presidential contender Obama praised American troops while having breakfast with them in Kabul ...

  • Sen. Obama meets with Afghan president 20 Jul 2008 17:49 GMT
    ... Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 10:52 AM Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not ...

  • Obama meets Karzai, vows steadfast Afghan aid 20 Jul 2008 17:47 GMT
    ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks ... or its political and security institutions. © 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This ...

  • Obama calls Afghanistan fight precarious, urgent 20 Jul 2008 17:31 GMT
    ... KABUL, Afghanistan—Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks ... Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, July 20, 2008. Obama visited with U.S. troops and Afghan ...

  • Obama Calls Afghanistan Fight Precarious,... 20 Jul 2008 17:31 GMT
    ... U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, second from left, with Gul Agha Shirzai, ... of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, July 19, 2008. U.S. Democratic presidential contender Obama started a ...

  • Greens gear up for fight over drilling 20 Jul 2008 17:30 GMT
    ... Issue Date: July 21, 2008, Posted On: 7/20/2008 Greens gear up for ... and for middle-class tax cuts that Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, proposes to fund by raising taxes ...

  • Bush lifts drilling ban 20 Jul 2008 17:30 GMT
    ... Issue Date: July 21, 2008, Posted On: 7/20/2008 border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" ... drilling and said he would lift the presidential prohibition, instituted by his father in 1990, ... Perino. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois, quickly criticized Mr. Bush’s move. ...

  • Dems beating Republicans at their own game: spin 20 Jul 2008 17:30 GMT
    ... Issue Date: July 21, 2008, Posted On: 7/20/2008 Dems beating Republicans at ... with unfavorable coverage of the other party. “Barack Obama and the Democrats are winning the battle ... grocery store and elsewhere. The history of presidential campaigns in America is rich with gaffes ...

  • Obama: Situation In Afghanistan Is Unstable 20 Jul 2008 17:15 GMT
    ... Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says the situation in Afghanistan is "precarious" ... up by 40 percent so far in 2008, compared to the same period in 2007. ...

  • Obama Visits, Afghans Grow Frustrated 20 Jul 2008 17:15 GMT
    ... by IOL (reposted) Sunday Jul 20th, 2008 8:51 AM KABUL — As US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, July 19, at the start of a major international ...

  • Afghanistan is 'precarious and urgent', says Obama on visit 20 Jul 2008 17:14 GMT
    ... US presidential contender Barack Obama today said the situation in Afghanistan was ... weekly radio address. on Sunday July 20 2008. It was last updated at 17:43 on ...

  • Afghanistan is 'precarious and urgent', says Obama on visit 20 Jul 2008 17:14 GMT
    ... US presidential contender Barack Obama today said the situation in Afghanistan was ... weekly radio address. on Sunday July 20 2008. It was last updated at 17:43 on ...


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