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The presidential election is going on in USA and voters have casted the votes to decide the most powerful man on the earth. The election is in USA while the whole world is keenly observing the developments in USA. In a true sense the world fate lies in the hand of next USA president, the most influential person on the earth.

Right now the whole world is facing financial and social crisis and needs careful planning to put it back to the right path. If Obama will be the winner then the new policies and changes can be seen while MCcain will continue the Bush admin strategies. The past 8 years were horrible for the world, it was seen the issues like terrorism and financial matters were handled wrongly. The world was imbalance due to the previous policies, in  one hand USA took strict measures against the Muslim countries by accusing them through lame excuses of threats and nuclear proliferation.

USA was seen trying hard to make its grip stronger in middle east, asia and central asian regions, due to which the world had witness the scenes of Iraq war, china Taiwan tension, Afghan war, Russian invasion in Georgia etc. Now a time comes for table talk, all the matter should be solved through negotiations otherwise the world will go in deep trouble. We hope the new president of USA will formulate the policies which will put the globe in a peaceful atmosphere.

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Ailing and aging, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy summoned fellow Democrats to rally behind Barack Obama’s pioneering quest for the White House Monday night, providing a poignant opening to a party convention in search of unity for the fall campaign.

“The work begins anew, the hope rises again and the dream lives on,” Kennedy said in a strong voice, reprising the final line of a memorable 1980 speech that brought a different convention to its feet. The senator has been undergoing treatment for a malignant brain tumor.

Among them, she said in prepared remarks: “that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them.”

The convention opened as polls underscored the closeness of the race with Republican John McCain, and there was no underestimating the challenges as Obama bids to become the nation’s first black president.

He faces lingering divisions from a fierce battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for the nomination, tough ads by McCain and his Republican allies, and a reminder that racism, too, could play a role.

“There are people who are not going to vote for him because he’s black,” said James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union. “And we’ve got to hope that we can educate people to put aside their racism and to put their own interests No. 1.” He spoke in an Associated Press interview.

The convention’s opening gavel fell with Obama and Clinton still struggling to work out the choreography for the formal roll call of the states that will make him the party nominee.

“There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that this is Barack Obama’s convention,” the former first lady told reporters. And yet, she said, some of her delegates “feel an obligation to the people who sent them here” and would vote for her.

Kennedy’s speech was an implicit appeal to her delegates — and the 18 million voters who supported her in the primaries — to swing behind Obama.

He said the country can meet its challenges with Obama. “Yes we can, yes we will,” he said, echoing the presidential candidate’s own signature refrain.

In one of their first orders of business, delegates ratified a party platform tailored to Obama’s specifications. It backs “complete redeployment within 16 months from Iraq,” as well as health care for all, a new economic stimulus package and higher taxes on families earning over $250,000 a year.

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Barack Obama hit back at rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday before a Wisconsin showdown next Tuesday in their Democratic presidential battle, as Clinton headed to the state for the first time.

Obama, a first-term Illinois senator, has beaten Clinton in the last eight state contests to gain the upper hand in their duel to become the Democratic presidential nominee in November’s election.

Obama has spent four days in Wisconsin since his last round of victories last Tuesday, while Clinton has focused on March 4 votes in Ohio and Texas hoping victories there will rejuvenate her flagging campaign.

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