Republican icon and former Clinton opponent dies

Bob Dole, a former US Senate majority leader and the GOP presidential nominee who failed to block Bill Clinton's re-election in 1996, has died aged 98.

The Kansas native and former World War II hero died in his sleep on Sunday morning, according to an announcement by the charitable foundation of his wife, Elizabeth Dole. "At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America for 79