Tiny Guam leaps into White House race

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The spotlight shines on an oft forgotten part of US territory this weekend when the tiny, remote Pacific island of Guam gets its chance to help make history in the US presidential campaign.

Guam, which has been a US territory since 1898, rarely steps into the limelight in US politics, lying on the other side of the international dateline and more than a 20-hour plane ride from Washington.

But all eyes will be on Saturday's Democratic caucuses, even though there are only four party delegates at stake, with every vote crucial in the deadlocked battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to be the party's presidential candidate.

Saturday's vote is the only role Guam Democrats will have in the election contest; the island's residents,...