About 40 percent of the proposed units - a 55-unit building for seniors and 15 duplexes for 30 families - would be set aside for the formerly homeless. Six town homes would be allotted to Habitat for Humanity. The rest would be market-rate town homes and single-family houses starting at about $500,000.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if he is elected, an Afghan official said.
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