By Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press
WASHINGTON - A nightmare scenario that has haunted Americans since Barack Obama became a presidential candidate has been foiled by federal agents who say white supremacists planned to assassinate the Democratic nominee and kill dozens of black students in a would-be Tennessee mass murder.
In court records unsealed Monday, officials for [...]

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By Caren Bohan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama on Monday called on voters to “turn the page” on the policies of the Bush administration as he emphasized his message of change in a closing argument for the presidential campaign.
With eight days left before Election Day, the Illinois senator laid blame for the deepening financial crisis [...]

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GOMA, DRCongo (AFP) - Thousands of civilians fled fresh fighting in the eastern DRCongo on Monday, forming long columns heading towards Goma on foot, an AFP journalist reported.
Around 20,000 men, women and children were streaming out of the Kibumba area around 35 kilometres (20 miles) north of the regional capital, where fresh fighting flared early [...]

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Waki report to be discussed in Greece
BY JUDIE KABERIA
The Justice Philip Waki report on post-election violence is to be debated at a Pan African Conference on Anti-corruption scheduled for Thursday in Greece.
The African Parliamentarian Network Against Corruption (APNAC) Chairman Musikari Kombo told Capital News that the organization would strongly push for the full implementation of [...]

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