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ANDERSON/SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - Democrats Barack obama and Hillary clinton touted their economic agendas and sparred over fuel taxes on Saturday as they crisscrossed Indiana ahead of its must-win presidential nominating contest in May.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Barack obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, said on Sunday critics portraying him as 'divisive' and 'bombastic' misunderstood the black church and represented a discredited tradition of intolerance in american public life.

An outspoken minister, whose words have rallied many but also riled up others, told a 10,000-strong audience that his critics get it wrong when they call him divisive and polarizing. I'm 'descriptive,' he said.

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Republican presidential candidate john mccain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama said on Sunday he would not hold another debate with rival Hillary clinton until after the May 6 nominating contests in North Carolina and Indiana.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack obama, struggling to win over more white Democratic voters, said in a Sunday television interview race would not be a factor in November's election that could make him the first black U.S. president.

AP - republican presidential candidate john mccain on Sunday called Democratic rival Barack obama insensitive to poor people and out of touch on economic issues.

Obama reaches out to blue-collar voters; clinton fires up the offense.

Barack obama said that Reverend Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor, was a 'legitimate issue', surprising those calling on Republicans to withdraw an advert linking the two