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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki did not back the plan of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and his comments to a German magazine on the issue were misunderstood, the government's spokesman said on Sunday.

From a book-lined den on the fifth floor of the Justice department, the attorney general is watching the clock.

KABUL (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama had breakfast with U.S. troops in the Afghan capital on Sunday and talked about their experiences in the country that has seen a sharp rise in violence this year.

AP - Cambodia has sent a note to the U.N. Security Council alleging that Thai forces intruded into its territory near an ancient temple.

Last year it was about the candidates. This year, at the Netroots Nation conference of left-leaning bloggers and political organizers, it's the climate.

WACO, Tex., July 19 -- With his moves last week involving Iraq, Iran and North Korea, President Bush accelerated a shift toward centrist foreign policies, a change that has cheered Democrats, angered some Republicans and roiled the presidential campaign.

Sen. Barack Obama dined with U.S. troops at an american base in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday before an expected meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Journalist Nathan Hodge is the co-author of the book A Nuclear family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry with his wife, Sharon Weinberger. They traveled to ten U.S. states and four foreign countries to visit current nuclear sites, including ones in Nevada, Russia and Iran. He joins Host Liane Hansen to discuss what they learned. ISBN-13: 978-1596913783

Many political analysts say the Hispanic vote is a key group in this fall's election, but no one is too sure about how to get that vote. National candidates want to reach the various sub-groups of these voters, but there is no magic means to reach them through the media.

Early this year, the department of Homeland Security conducted a first-ever DNA sampling of several hundred refugee applicants in Africa. Tests showed that a large percentage of applicants were not related to people they claimed as family members living in the United States.