US:Hillary Clinton will be symbolically put forward as a presidential candidate at the Democratic convention later this month even though she narrowly lost the nominating battle to Barack Obama, the two campaigns said on Thursday.
Mr Obama encouraged Mrs Clinton's name to be placed in nomination as a show of unity, the campaigns said in a joint statement that noted the two senators "are looking forward to a convention unified behind Barack Obama as the party's nominee".
Mrs Clinton, after losing the campaign nomination in a tough battle, later endorsed Mr Obama, and urged her supporters to line up behind him.
But the hard-fought campaign left many of Clinton's supporters bitter and wanting some recognition of the New York senator at the party convention in Denver beginning on August 25th since her chances of being picked as the vice presidential candidate have faded.
Mrs Clinton is scheduled to speak on the second night of the convention, August 26th, two nights before Mr Obama accepts the nomination.
"I am convinced that honouring [Mrs] Clinton's historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong, unified fashion," Mr Obama said in a prepared statement.
Police said they may never be able to determine why a gunman burst into the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters in Little Rock and killed state chairman Bill Gwatney.
The man, identified as Timothy Dale Johnson (50), of Searcy, shot the former state senator several times on Wednesday before fleeing, leading officers on a 48-kilometre chase, said Lieut Terry Hastings of the Little Rock police department. Johnson was killed in a shoot-out with police, and Mr Gwatney died later in the hospital, Lieut Hastings said. - ( Reuters, Bloomberg)