, Despite being relatively few in number, the Afghan Taliban are thriving in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they take advantage of Islamabad's apparent ambivalence towards them, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports from Kabul.

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By Aleem Maqbool BBC News, Islamabad Recently, while Pakistan's government may have been saying the things that the White House wants to hear, the country's media and public have often been openly hostile towards the United States.

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has questioned Pakistan's failure to capture senior al-Qaeda leaders. Mrs Clinton said in an interview with journalists in Lahore she found it "hard to believe" nobody in the government knew where they were.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces a delicate job striking the right tone on her seven-nation trip to Africa next week if she wants to compete against China's growing influence.

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The State Department says there is "no factual basis" to an Internet rumor that went viral over the weekend claiming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was willing to pledge American homes to China as collateral for Beijing buying U.S. debt.

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What do Keanu Reeves, Queen Latifa, Adam Sandler have in common? They all stay fit for their movie roles at the same gym.

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Excerpt: JIM NORTON LIKES water sports — and we don't mean boating.

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In Pictures: They've been transformed into average folk by computer wizards for a new viral email. It also features mock-ups of how Jo-Lo, Tom Cruise and Britney might have looked without fame and fortune.

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How will black Americans react if he doesn't win?

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Congrats, Senator Obama, from one of those middle-aged white women who voted for Hillary Clinton in the primaries.

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Hilary didn't step down tonight, although it seems obvious

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WASHINGTON: One by one, members of the Democratic party elite lined up to kill off Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions overnight. They climbed off the fence where so many of them have stubbornly, even pompously, been sitting for the past 16 months and backed Barack Obama to …

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The democrats are meeting to discuss what to do about Michigan and Florida's primaries. Hilary argues that she won both states while Obama argues that he voluntarily removed his name from Michigan's ballot. Read and discuss.

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FOX News political pundit Liz Trotta jokingly suggested this weekend that someone should assassinate an American presidential candidate.

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Seems everyone these days is giving the thumbs-up, no matter the circumstances.

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Funny article on how Clinton won't quit...

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The Road Ahead...

With her recent victory in West Virginia, the Clinton camp, is making the case that she has once again "demonstrated her ability to win the key swing states key to a democratic victory come November".

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WHO will tell her it's over? Which member of Hillary Clinton's inner circle will have the courage, the self-abandonment, the capacity for suicidal valour in a greater cause, to walk into that propeller?

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Never underestimate a politician's ability to pander. With gasoline prices nearing $4 a gallon and the summer driving season approaching, presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton have responded by calling for a consumer holiday from the federal gasoline tax.

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Some of the world's most powerful titans are supporting Hillary Clinton. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Are you a Hillary man?

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Well, according to McCain.

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It took more time than it should have, but on Tuesday Barack Obama firmly rejected the racism and paranoia of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., and he made it clear that the preacher does not represent him, his politics or his campaign.

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Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Hilary should make way for that hate prophet pastor of Obama. Rev. Jeremiah Wright is doing what obama's opponent was supposed to do.

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