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 President Pervez Musharraf will address the nation today at 1pm in which he is expected to resign according to reports. Some sources confirmed to Geo News that president could announce his resignation in todays address to the nation.

President Musharraf has made up his mind to resign before the impeachment motion is tabled in the assembly sources confirmed and according to Geo News correspondent, some friend countries were trying to broker a deal to protect and save President Musharraf. President Musharraf has agreed to resign on the condition that he would be given indemnity and would not be tried, sources said. Sources further said the president would address the nation as part of understanding. When contacted by Geo News President’s spokesman Rashid Qureshi said President would not resign and added he was unaware of any decision regarding resignation. However he later confirmed that President Musharraf would address to the nation at 1pm afternoon today & according to some sources, it was agreed by political powers that President Pervez Musharraf would stay at Army House in Rawalpindi for short period even after resignation.

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 In what he called a defining moment for our nation Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African American to head the ticket of a major political party. Obamas steady stream of superdelegate endorsements combined with the delegates he received from Tuesdays primaries put him past the 2118 threshold CNN projects. Tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another a journey that will bring a new and better day to America he said. Tonight I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States. Obamas rally was at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota the same arena which will house the 2008 Republican National Convention in September. Speaking in New York Sen. Hillary Clinton congratulated Obama for his campaign but she did not concede the race nor discuss the possibility of running as vice president. This has been a long campaign and I will be making no decisions tonight she said. There were reports earlier in the day that she would concede but her campaign said she was absolutely not prepared to do so. Two New York lawmakers also told CNN on Tuesday that during a conference call Clinton expressed willingness to serve as Obamas running mate in November. One source told CNN that Clinton told those on the call that if asked by Obama she would be interested in serving as his running mate. One of the lawmakers said Clintons husband former President Bill Clinton has been pushing the idea privately for several weeks. The Clinton campaign maintains the New York senator merely said she would do whatever is in the partys best interest and that her comments Tuesday are no different than what she has been saying for weeks. Clinton said she would meet with supporters and party leaders in the coming days to determine her next steps. She also asked people to go to her Web site to share your thoughts with me and help in any way that you can. CNN has projected that Clinton will win the primary in South Dakota and Obama will take Montana. Those states marked the final contests in the primary season. Obama praised Clintons campaign. He has been speaking favorably of the New York senator as his focus has turned toward the general election and his battle against John McCain the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she is a woman who has done what no woman has done before but because she is a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength her courage and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight he said. Diving into general election mode Obama turned his attacks to McCain saying it’s time to turn the page on the policies of the past. While John McCain can legitimately tout moments of independence from his party in the past such independence has not been the hallmark of his presidential campaign he said. It’s not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year. Earlier Tuesday night McCain portrayed himself as the candidate of right change. No matter who wins this election the direction of this country is going to change dramatically but the choice is between the right change and the wrong change between going forward and going backward he said in Kenner- Louisiana.

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