2008 Woodie Awards
Protests plague Olympics
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
Clinton emphatically says Obama can win the White House during debate in Philadelphia
1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat.
"Yes, yes, yes," she said when pressed about Obama's electability during a campaign debate six days before the Pennsylvania primary.
Asked a similar question about Clinton, Obama said, "Absolutely and I've said so before" - a not-so-subtle dig at his rival who had previously declined to make a similar statement about him.
In a 90-minute debate, both rivals pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000, and said they would respond forcefully if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and uses them against Israel.
"An attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation by the United States," Clinton said.
Obama said, "The U.S. would take appropriate action."
India seals streets ahead of Olympic torch run, braces for protests
2 NEW DELHI (AP) - Authorities sealed off streets and advised workers to keep a low profile Thursday as about 15,000 police officers spread through India's capital to try to keep protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay.
Much of New Delhi's leafy British colonial-era center - the administrative heart of India, home to the presidential palace, Parliament and myriad government ministries - was blocked to traffic and pedestrians on Thursday. The hundreds of thousands of people who work in the area were being told to keep off the roofs and stay away from the windows of their office buildings.
Authorities are desperate to avoid the chaos that has marked the torch runs in London, Paris and other Western cities. They had reason to be worried - even the flame's late-night arrival at New Delhi's airport was met by small protests.
1 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat.
"Yes, yes, yes," she said when pressed about Obama's electability during a campaign debate six days before the Pennsylvania primary.
Asked a similar question about Clinton, Obama said, "Absolutely and I've said so before" - a not-so-subtle dig at his rival who had previously declined to make a similar statement about him.
In a 90-minute debate, both rivals pledged not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000, and said they would respond forcefully if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and uses them against Israel.
"An attack on Israel would incur massive retaliation by the United States," Clinton said.
Obama said, "The U.S. would take appropriate action."
India seals streets ahead of Olympic torch run, braces for protests
2 NEW DELHI (AP) - Authorities sealed off streets and advised workers to keep a low profile Thursday as about 15,000 police officers spread through India's capital to try to keep protesters from disrupting the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay.
Much of New Delhi's leafy British colonial-era center - the administrative heart of India, home to the presidential palace, Parliament and myriad government ministries - was blocked to traffic and pedestrians on Thursday. The hundreds of thousands of people who work in the area were being told to keep off the roofs and stay away from the windows of their office buildings.
Authorities are desperate to avoid the chaos that has marked the torch runs in London, Paris and other Western cities. They had reason to be worried - even the flame's late-night arrival at New Delhi's airport was met by small protests.
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