Joe Lieberman‚ former vice presidential candidate‚ dies at 82
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Joe Lieberman‚ former vice presidential candidate‚ dies at 82

Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall‚ according to a family statement obtained by CBS News‚ the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Mr Gore said he was "profoundly saddened"...