Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, pictured in June 2008, insisted Thursday he had not changed his plan for immediate troop withdrawals from Iraq, despite earlier saying he might refine his policies.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Jeff Haynes)
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The July 4 presidential polling omens

Politico - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

It’s nearly an axiom in presidential politics to ignore the early polls. Perhaps that’s one piece of conventional wisdom that’s not entirely wise.

NATO-led British soldiers patrol the streets in Kandahar, on June 22. Bomb blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in Afghanistan, according to officials. In the deadliest incident, attackers tossed a grenade into a police post in Panjwayi district of troubled southern Kandahar province and then opened fire into the building, killing eight policemen.(AFP/File/Hamed Zalmy)

Gunmen kill 8 police in southern Afghanistan

AP - Fri Jul 4, 4:00 AM ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Gunmen lobbed a grenade and sprayed a police checkpoint with gunfire in southern Afghanistan, killing eight officers, Kandahar's police chief said Friday.

Medics treat people injured by an explosion in Minsk early July 4, 2008. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTa/Reuters)

Belarus blast, not far from leader, wounds 50

Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

MINSK (Reuters) - About 50 people were wounded by a home-made bomb in Belarus's capital on Friday at an Independence Day concert attended by long-time ruler President Alexander Lukashenko, officials said.

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