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President Barack Obama's Speech at DNC [FULL TEXT]

The full advance text of the president's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Obama Campaign Previews DNC Acceptance With 'Promises Kept' Video

The video, released on Thursday, highlights the pledges President Obama has kept since entering the White House. But what promises hasn't he kept?

Michelle Obama Speech Helps DNC Explode Past RNC On Twitter [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

Michelle Obama struck a cord at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Tuesday night in Charlotte. The First Lady, or "FLOTUS," stood at the podium and shared a heartwarming story about her family, her husband's past, their shared values, and their dream to build a better country based on those values. The reaction from her convention speech helped DNC explode past the RNC in social spheres like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.

Afghanistan: Child Malnourishment At Disturbingly High Levels As Foreign Aid, Investment Eases

Afghanistan is ranked #11 is child mortality worldwide, as foreign investment in the country continues to drop and makes purchasing food even more difficult.

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Five Reasons Why Obama Could Win The 2012 Election

He's practically the devil incarnate to the Republican Party, but no president since President Franklin D. Roosevelt has had to address as many serious economic, financial and foreign policy problems as President Barack Obama. Further, Obama's relative success addressing these problems, and the Republican Party's callousness, will lead to Obama's re-election in November.

Taliban Twin Suicide Attack Near Afghan NATO Base Kills 12

A twin suicide bomb attack by the Taliban on Saturday killed ten civilians including two policemen and injured dozens more near a NATO base in central Afghanistan, officials said.

Fastest Man On Earth An Amputee? The Remarkable Promise Of Next-Generation Prosthetics

We're on the cusp of an era where technological advances could allow Paralympians with souped-up joints and carefully engineered limbs to easily blow past the merely human Olympians - and help ordinary amputees to live extraordinarily normal lives.

5 Reasons Why Clint Eastwood Lost His Argument With Invisible Obama

By now everyone has heard about Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood's faux Q&A session with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday night. Taking the exchange at face value, here are five reasons why the furniture debate proved ineffective.

RNC 2012: Clint Eastwood's Surprise Appearance At Republican National Convention Propels Star Power To Fore, Evokes Twitter Backlash (VIDEO)

As Clint Eastwood made his "surprise" appearance at the Republican National Convention and delivered his speech supporting Republican Mitt Romney and mocking President Obama, star power came to the fore ahead of November 6 elections even as Twitterati blasted his speech.

A Long Shot In Pakistan: Embattled Christians Seek Separate Province

Pakistani Christians are seeking greater autonomy in the face of hostility, but their movement for a new province is unlikely to succeed.

Apple App Store Turns Down Controversial App That Tracks US Drone Strikes (VIDEO)

Cupertino giant Apple seems to have left an app developer lost as it has continuously rejected an application from its App Store.

Child Bride Practice Rising In Iran, Parliament Seeks To Lower Girl's Legal Marriage Age To 9

Hundreds of girls below the age of 10 each year are forced into marriage in Iran, and the trend is experiencing a dramatic increase. This alarming statistics was accompanied by an official statement from the Iranian parliament's legal affairs committee that Iran will push to legalize marriage for girls of merely 9 years old.

Batman's use of the "Bat phone" spoofed the "hot line" between Moscow and Washington.

The Moscow-Washington ‘Hotline’:” Remembering A Cold War Icon 49 Years Later

The idea for the instant communication device arose in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis the prior year – which saw Moscow and Washington very nearly enter into a cataclysmic nuclear war.

Asylum-Seekers Seeking To Reach Australia Drown Off Coast Of Indonesia

On Wednesday, another unseaworthy boat with more than 150 asylum-seekers sunk to the bottom of the sea off Indonesia while seeking asylum in Australia. A continuing massive search and rescue operation has plucked 55 survivors out of the sea, but more are still missing as critical hours just ended.

No Rest For The Weary: Clinton Jets Off Again, To Far-Off Cook Islands

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is hitting the road again, this time to the South Pacific and Asia. What is she going to do in the remote Cook islands, where none of her predecessors ever stopped?

Obama AMA: President's 'Ask Me Anything' Thread On Reddit A Great PR Move For His Campaign; 5 Interesting Questions

On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama did something that helped him reach and communicate with millions of people directly. The President spent around half-an-hour on the popular link-sharing website Reddit, answering questions from the general public and became the first ever sitting president to participate in a forum, commonly referred to as an AMA or "ask me anything."

John McCain's RNC Speech Calls For More War, More American Exceptionalism

John McCain's convention speech, which blasted Obama's foreign policy, reeked of American exceptionalism and broadly encouraged the United States to make itself the world's policeman.

3 More Coalition Soldiers Killed By Afghan 'Ally'

Three foreign soldiers were shot dead Wednesday by a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform in southern Afghanistan.

US Punishes Soldiers For Burning Qurans, Urinating On Afghan Corpses

The U.S. military said Monday it is disciplining U.S. troops over two incidents that provoked outrage in Afghanistan early this year, one involving a video depicting Marines urinating on corpses and another over burned copies of the Koran.

A woman clad in a burqa in Afghanistan with her child

Taliban Shoot, Behead 17 People For Dancing At Mixed Party: What Other Transgressions Can Get You Killed In Afghanistan?

The victims violated at least three of the Taliban’s taboos: unrelated men and women mixing socially; dancing; and listening to music.

Afghans Say US Strike Killed Haqqani Leader

The son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in an airstrike in Pakistan, Afghan intelligence said Sunday, even as the Taliban insisted that he was alive and well.

Haqqani Leader Reportedly Killed In Pakistan Drone Strike

A CIA drone strike may have killed the leader of a powerful insurgent group responsible for some of the deadliest attacks on U.S. troops and Afghan government targets, multiple outlets are reporting.

With 929 Killed In Two Decades, It's A Deadly World For Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists' latest report reveals that speaking truth to power, or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time, still costs hundreds of journalists their lives.

Muslim Terrorist Group Threatened Norway With 9-11 Type Attack Just Prior To Breivik Conviction

Norwegian news portal VG Nett reported Muslim extremist terrorist group Ansar al-Sunna has threatened the Norwegian government with an attack similar to 9-11.

US Drones Kill 15 In Pakistan

Fifteen people are dead in a U.S. drone strike in an area of Pakistan known to be active with terrorist groups.

Price Harry's Nude Vegas Photos Could Land Him In Trouble With The British Army

By now, practically everyone on the Internet has seen Prince Harry’s nude pictures that surfaced in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, that includes his superiors in the British military. Harry, who enrolled in the Royal Military academy in 2005, could be in big trouble over the leaked photos.

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