Hillary Clinton has told supporters she is suspending her campaign Symbolic victory ...
Indiana and North Carolina primaries underway ... to become the Democratic nominee for US president and fully backs Barack Obama.

She said she was "grateful to everyone who poured [their] hearts into this campaign" and said it was time the Democratic Party family came together.

Barack Obama won enough delegates to effectively secure the nomination after the final primaries on Tuesday.

He will face the Republican presumptive nominee, John McCain, in November.

Mrs Clinton was given a huge ovation for her speech at the National Building Museum in Washington.

She thanked the "18m of you from all walks of life who voted" for her.

Mrs Clinton said the Democratic Party was "a family and it's time to restore the ties that bind us together".

She said: "I intended to win back the presidency... and that's what we must do by ensuring Barack Obama walks through the doors of the Oval Office in January."

She added: "You'll always find me on the front lines of democracy fighting for the future."

(BBC)

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