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AFP - Iran proved to be the sole flashpoint in an otherwise muted debate between US Democratic presidential hopefuls Thursday, as contenders weighed what Washington's response should be to an Iranian nuclear weapons program.

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REAL TIME with Bill Maher on HBO. Bill welcomes Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), along with Richard Belzer, Lisa Schiffren, David Iglesias and Jamie Tarabay.

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ASHEVILLE (NC), April 27, 2007 -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a Democratic presidential candidate, will speak at UNC Asheville’s Justice Center at 7 p.m. Sunday. The UNCA College Democrats and Buncombe County Young Democrats are sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public. Read the full story in the Asheville Citizen-Times.

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AP - Democratic presidential hopefuls flashed their anti-war credentials Thursday night, heaping criticism on President Bush's Iraq policy in the first debate of the 2008 campaign.

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AP - Rep. Patrick Murphy hasn't let the fact that he was elected to Congress in November put a stop to his campaigning.

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AP - Quotes from the first Democratic debate, in Orangeburg, S.C.:

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AFP - Eight Democrats vying for the White House were united Thursday in condemning President George W. Bush's Iraq policy, at a presidential campaign debate more notable for the candidates' easy consensus than disagreement.

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AP - David Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at an Arkansas airport Thursday after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded Glock pistol in his carry-on luggage.

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Reuters - Democratic presidential contenders held their opening debate ahead of 2008 primaries on Thursday in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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Bloomberg - April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidates led off their first formal presidential debate by criticizing President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war and vowing to change course.

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AP - Republican presidential contender John McCain called the Iraq war "a great tragedy" on Thursday, yet still decried a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal as the Senate voted to begin pulling out troops by Oct. 1.

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Reuters - The eight Democratic White House contenders agreed in the opening stages of their first debate on Thursday on the need to quickly pull U.S. troops out of Iraq but differed on the details.

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AP - A Republican gubernatorial candidate switched parties Thursday, adding a Democrat to race that some of the party's biggest names have decided to skip.

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AP - A flock of small jets took flight from Washington Thursday, each carrying a Democratic presidential candidate to South Carolina for the first debate of the political season.

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AP - Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore on Thursday entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination with an Internet-driven announcement he said allows him to talk directly to voters.

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