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Pa. voters divided over Obama remarks (AP)

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Democratic president hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, is seen with Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., left, and Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., at the Sheet Metal Workers' Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, April 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - Yes, some Democrats in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt communities were upset by Barack Obama’s suggestion that voters there “cling to guns or religion” because of bitterness about their economic lot. But many more seem to think it was no big deal — and if there’s a problem it’s with the political slapfest that has followed.


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Red Cross: Change needed at US prison (AP)

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Afghans wait to talk with their relatives detained at U.S. military base in Bagram through a video conferencing system at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 14, 2008. The ICRC and the U.S. military set up the video conferencing system this year that allows the Bagram prisoners to speak with and see family members, the only outside contact the prisoners are allowed to have. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - The Red Cross criticized the way the U.S. handles prisoners at the highly secretive Bagram military base, urging reforms Monday that would allow detainees to introduce testimony in their defense.


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Clinton Rates Slim Edge Over Obama in PA District Delegate Race (CQPolitics.com)

Monday, April 14th, 2008

CQPolitics.com - Is Barack Obama trailing Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania by double digit percentages? Or has he closed the gap to single digits, as recent polls suggest? Could he even win the April 22 primary — a shocking upset that probably would force Clinton to the sidelines? These are among the questions that have the hearts of the punditocracy atwitter in the run-up to the first Democratic presidential balloting in six weeks.

Oryginal news: CQPolitics.com