His conciliatory words come after delegates passed a motion of no confidence in Education Secretary Michael Gove and the Chief Inspector for Schools in England, Sir Michael Wilshaw.

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Obama's chief strategist, David Axelrod, tells Michele Norris the campaign is "committed" to seating the delegates of Florida and Michigan.

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Among the delegates are Uefa chief executive David Taylor, and German football legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, of the European Club Association - representing 144 major football clubs from across Europe.

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The UN also noted with concern that two delegates had been arrested in Herat, and that death threats had been made by the chief of the Karukh district against six people selected to represent the district.

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