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Russian president speaks to BBC

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

BBC News - Aug. 27 (Interview) - In an exclusive interview with the BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (speaking through a translator) explained why Russia had moved to protect what he described as the independent states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Democrats Confront National Security Challenge by Trying to Broaden the Definition

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Congressional Quarterly - By Josh Rogin - Aug. 27 (Special Report) - Democrats will use Wednesday night to try once again to persuade voters they can protect the nation's national security interests -- a political hurdle that has tripped up their party for decades.

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Confrontational Russia

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Economist - Aug. 27 (News Report) - Diplomatic historians may find that the two new countries will not make for enduring study. The next act in the drama may well be that both new countries ask to become part of the Russian Federation. That underlines Russia's dramatic military victory against Georgia in this month's war, giving it a permanent presence south of the Caucasus mountains, close to the vital oil and gas pipelines that bring energy from the Caspian region and Central Asia to Turkey and beyond.

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Clinton electrifies convention with unity plea

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

The Independent - By Leonard Doyle - Aug. 27 (News Report) - Many of Mrs Clinton's supporters choked with emotion as she gave one of the most powerful speeches she has delivered throughout the entire electoral season. "Whether you voted for me, or voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose," Mrs Clinton said. "We are on the same team, and none of us can sit on the sidelines." She went on to declare that the party must do nothing that would help the Republicans win the presidency...

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Is Ukraine's Crimea the Next Flash Point With Russia?

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

U.S. News & World Report - By Alastair Gee - Aug. 27 (Special Report) - Moscow's relations with Ukraine have been strained since the 2004 Orange Revolution, in which pro-western Viktor Yushchenko won an election runoff after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians protested the allegedly fraudulent victory of his Kremlin-backed rival. Like Georgia's western-oriented leader, Yushchenko has been pressing hard and very publicly for his country to join NATO, a move that infuriates the Kremlin...

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Governing Coalition Collapses in Pakistan

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Washington Post - By Candace Rondeaux - Aug. 26 (News Report) - Pakistan's ruling coalition broke apart Monday amid a political battle over the presidency, paralyzing the U.S.-backed government at a time when Taliban insurgents here and in neighboring Afghanistan appear to be gaining ground.

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Angry Democrats Distracted DNC Attendees in Denver

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

ABC News - By Jake Tapper - Aug. 26 (News Analysis) - As frustrated Democrats converged on Denver yesterday, some began chanting "caucus fraud," while others shouted the word "sweetie," a reference to the time Obama called a female reporter by the same name. One Clinton supporter who spoke to ABC News said Obama couldn't be trusted. Another said, "He's shifty and untrustworthy." It was assuredly not the kind of message Obama and his diligently image-conscious team were counting on at the Democratic National Convention.

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The Speedy Biden News Cycle

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

Columbia Journalism Review - By Megan Garber - Aug. 26 (News Analysis) - the backlash, I'd argue, may have to do with the particulars of the announcement of his selection: the hype-building delay, the ample time given for reporters to analyze the merits of other candidates, the semi-letdown of learning that the Guy Everyone Thought Would Be the Nominee was, in fact, the nominee.

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Kennedy, Obama rally Dems

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

USA Today - By Rick Hampson, Martha T. Moore, Jill Lawrence, Susan Page, Richard Wolf, Kathy Kiely, Bill Welch, Alan Gomez, Randy Lilleston - Aug. 26 (News Report) - "Their stories are very different, but they share a commitment to the timeless American ideals of justice and fairness, service and sacrifice, faith and family," she said. "Leaders like them come along rarely. But once or twice in a lifetime, they come along just when we need them the most."

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Obama's To-Do List In Denver

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST

National Journal - Aug. 26 (Interview) - To win the presidency, you got to do two things. One, you got to convince people that they shouldn't -- particularly when you have an incumbent like we have and an incumbent party that is so in such bad shape -- you have to convince them, and it doesn't take much, that they don't want to continue that kind of rule.

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