From Greek mythology, Obama learned a lesson

To understand how Barack Obama won the presidential primary, you have to look at what he learned when he lost.
Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton solidly in the Iowa caucuses in January, but five days later she beat him, painfully and unexpectedly, in New Hampshire. That loss showed him that toppling the royal family of Democratic politics would not come easily.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_el_pr/how_obama_won;_ylt=ArQDsg2GLcX.y5gt_r6qVGhh24cA

McCain, Obama plunge into 5-month general election

Change is coming, that much Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama agree on as they plunge into a five-month campaign for the White House.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_on_el_pr/primary_rdp

No Surrender (Yet) for Clinton

The last time a member of the Clinton family gave a concession speech it was 1980. The world had not yet heard the name Indiana Jones. Barack Obama was a teenager. Rookie Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, defeated for reelection, choked out the words as his wife stood grimly by.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1811626,00.html

In Speech, Obama Heals—Then Attacks

Before he made the speech he'd been inching towards for months, Barack Obama breezed through the front cabin of his campaign plane, chatting with staff and friends who had joined him for the special night. His aides, briefing the press, took care not to gloat about their victory over Hillary Clinton — which was finally made official by a combination of freshly elected delegates in Montana and South Dakota and a flurry of unelected superdelegates who rushed onto his bandwagon. Instead, they called Clinton "formidable," and noted that her efforts made Obama a stronger candidate.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1811622,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily

How mobile phones can solve cross-border money transfer difficulties in West Africa

The lukewarm raindrops mixed with sweat and ran down their faces as they hurried back to the media centre. With the press briefings over, it was time to do their stories. As Vekou and Gilbert gazed round the centre, one thing registered - no free computer to work with.
http://www.businessdayonline.com/analysis/features/10626.html

Mugabe, Ahmadinejad slammed for attending U.N. summit

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came under attack on Monday for attending a U.N. food summit, accused by Western leaders and rights groups of inflicting suffering on their own people.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/ts_nm/food_summit_mugabe_dc

ECOWAS bank gives $100 million to fight food crisis

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) will provide $100 million annually to support agricultural productivity in West Africa as part of its contribution towards resolving the ongoing food crisis.
http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/200806/16907.asp