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US presidential election

Obama sees prize within reach

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: May 21 2008 00:12 | Last updated: May 21 2008 11:22

Barack Obama moved to the brink of the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday after a victory in the Oregon primary election that brought him within 100 delegates of the total needed to win the race.

But Hillary Clinton won by a landslide in Kentucky and the former first lady insisted she would keep battling until the end of the primaries on June 3.

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