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"By any measure, our single-minded and open-ended focus on Iraq is not a sound strategy for keeping America safe. As president, I will make the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be," Obama said. "This is a war that we have to win. "
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The Democratic presidential candidate was setting out his views on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, ahead of a planned trip to the two countries.

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Central Africa
  • Rakhudu to Table Freedom of Information Motion
  • BCP and BAM Arrange to Wed
  • Turmoil Of Zimbabwe Touches Nz
  • EU considers €1bn Africa farm aid
  • African Union, UN join Zimbabwe mediation
  • Police In Gweru, Zimbabwe, Raid NGO Offices, Arrest Organizer
  • Al Hilal beat Enyimba in thriller
  • South Africa lauds Nelson Mandela on 90

    South Africa
  • EU pays tribute to Mandela on his 90th birthday
  • Brazil denies holding 2010 World Cup
  • "Blade Runner" fails to qualify for the Olympic games in Beijing
  • Charlize Theron desperate to become a mum
  • Mandela turns 90, calls for action against poverty
  • Reservists are suspects in gas depot raid
  • Mandela vision still a dream for most

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    Mandela calls for action on poverty on 90th birthday
    From his ancestral home in South Africa's impoverished Eastern Cape province, former president Nelson Mandela used the occasion of his 90th birthday Friday to call for renewed action on...

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