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Hillary Rodham Clinton is the wife of former president of the US Bill Clinton. Mrs Clinton is the frontrunner to become the Democrat candidate for the presidential elections in October. She will be well placed to become the first female president of the US if she can defeat rival Barack Obama.

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Barack Obama has overtaken Hillary Clinton in the number of so-called superdelegates needed to bag the Democrat presidential nomination (Image © PA)

Barack Obama has erased Hillary Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates after adding more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will ultimately decide the party's nomination for president.

Obama added superdelegates from Utah and Ohio, as well as two from the Virgin Islands who had previously backed Clinton.

The additions let Obama surpass Clinton's superdelegate total for the first time in the campaign. He had picked up nine endorsements on Friday.

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