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AP - The silence between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton has been broken, with the Democratic White House hopeful on Monday asking the former president to campaign for him during their first conversation since the heated primary.

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AP - Democrat Barack Obama rejected a retired general’s suggestion that Republican John McCain’s military experience didn’t necessarily qualify him to be president, as GOP surrogates lined up to label the remarks indecent and disrespectful.

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AP - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with “organizing and directing” the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole

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Reuters - African leaders on
Monday pushed President Robert Mugabe to open talks with the
Zimbabwean opposition after he was re-elected unopposed in an
election condemned as violent and unfair by the continent’s
monitors.

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AP - Two of Northern California’s more than 1,400 wildfires choked parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, darkening a 100-mile stretch between Sacramento and Reno with clouds of black smoke.

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As of Saturday, June 28, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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AP - Accidents of medical aircraft are at a “disturbing” level, a federal safety official said Monday as he arrived at the scene where two helicopters collided, killing six people.

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AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Monday he will never question others’ patriotism during the race and blames his own “carelessness” for some criticism of him so far. Obama sought to reassure voters about his commitment to the country, choosing the aptly named town of Independence as his backdrop.

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AP - President Bush on Monday signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation.

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AP - The Iraqi government opened six oil fields to international bidding Monday as the nation attempts to boost daily production by 60 percent.

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