Special Report:
U.S. presidential election
2008
Backgrounder: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama
Backgrounder: U.S. presidential candidates' views on
key issues
Backgrounder: U.S. presidential
elections
Obama wins U.S.
presidential elections
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures that there are four days left until
the U.S. presidential election at a rally in Gary, Indiana, October 31,
2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his wife Michelle vote in the U.S.
presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in
Chicago, Nov. 4, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Voters queue to cast their ballots in
Arlington, Virginia of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. Some 130 million
voters will cast their votes in the day-long polling in the U.S.
presidential elections on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presumptive
Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign announced early Saturday
that Joseph Biden has been chosen as the vice presidential candidate.
"Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the leaders who will bring
the change our country needs," Obama's official campaign said in a brief
statement. Full story
WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. senator Barack Obama
clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night, becoming the
first African-American presidential nominee of a major U.S. party.
Barack Obama is a first-term senator from Illinois. Full story
WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senator
Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night,
becoming the first African American presidential nominee of a major U.S. party
in history.
Based on the latest tally of all U.S. media organizations, Obama now has
passed the threshold of 2,118 national convention delegates needed to clinch
this year's Democratic nomination. Full story
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic
Senator Barack Obama on Saturday officially announced his candidacy for
president in the 2008 elections, which could make him the first black president
of the country.
Obama made his announcement in Springfield, Illinois,
where he was elected in 2004 to the Senate for the first time. Full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Barack Hussein
Obama was carrying remarkable numbers in nationwide and state polls as he headed
toward election day on Nov. 4, hoping to win back the White House for
Democrats.
The 47-year-old senator from Illinois promises to bring
"changes we believe in," which could begin with being the first African American
president in history. Full story
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) steps off his campaign plane carrying a
Halloween pumpkin, at Chicago Midway Airport, October 31, 2008. Obama is
spending a few hours on Halloween with his family in Chicago before
campaigning in Indiana later on Friday before the November 4 presidential
election. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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U.S. Democratic presidential nominee
Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) gestures that there are four days left until
the U.S. presidential election at a rally in Gary, Indiana, October 31,
2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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