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Barack Obama 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzy

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement on Iraq.


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Obama would push Europe to toughen Iran stance: aide

The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is the biggest threat facing the world, according to one of Barack Obama's senior foreign policy advisers.

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Social networking sites propelling Illinois senator

Obama now has more than 1 million supporters on Facebook.

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McCain has hard time to solidify his lines of attack against Obama

Despite a three-month head start, John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Barack Obama for the general election, Republican operatives say and some of his own advisers acknowledge, running into problems that bedeviled Hillary Clinton's primary campaign against Obama.

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