Posted AT 1:00 AM EDT on 17/01/07
Can this man be the next U.S. president?
ALAN FREEMAN
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
WASHINGTON Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Illinois with a compelling personal story, a sharp intellect and dazzling charismatic appeal, announced yesterday that he's all but decided to run for president of the United States in 2008.
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50 Greatest Books

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Ingram 2.0

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Gamer
- Scott Colbourne Get ready to rock, needlepoint-style
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Web Seven

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- In darkest Dickens
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- In the pink

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Society

- Sparkling, whether naughty or noir

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