11-08-2008 Why isn't Obama crushing McCain?

A conversation with two prominent journalists and a Bush-Cheney campaign official about why, in what should be a Democratic year, Obama can't put McCain away.

10-08-2008 McCain raps Obama on Iraq strategy

Presumptive Republican nominee McCain has echoed earlier criticism of his Democratic rival for supporting US troop withdrawal from Iraq.

10-08-2008 Saudi ministry sets up committee to hold RCCI election

The Saudi ministry of commerce and industry has set up a special committee to guarantee a free and fair election for the new board of directors of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI). Businessmen and businesswomen will compete for 10 seats in the election scheduled on October 15.

07-08-2008 Election to be held "shortly" in post-coup...

The overthrown head of state, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, in March 2007 became Mauritania's first democratically elected president since independence in 1960.

07-08-2008 Clinton wants her delegates heard at the convention

Hillary Clinton tells supporters she believes that Democratic Party unity would be stronger 'if people feel that their voices were heard and their views respected.'

07-08-2008 Looking for Any Signs at Obama-Bayh Meeting

The reasons for Mr. Bayh’s apparent presence in the inner circle of potential ticketmates are varied, and they say something about the nature of the 2008 race and the correlation of forces within the Democratic Party.

07-08-2008 Possible McCain Running Mate Pawlenty

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, viewed as a possible running mate for Sen. John McCain, brought his ideas for reforming the Republican Party to Washington on Wednesday.

26-07-2008 Iraq election law snubbed on women's quota

Out of the 140 members present for the vote, 127 Iraqi lawmakers Wednesday passed legislation for the provincial council elections. Kurdish members, however, stormed out of the session, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, also a Kurd, later rejected the measure.

25-07-2008 Local election loss bitter blow to Brown

Defeat left Brown facing a bleak weekend as the party's main policy-making forum met to try to work out how to win back voters disillusioned by a string of political gaffes, rising inflation and a slowing economy.

24-07-2008 Obama Visits Israel 'to Win Jewish Votes'

On his first visit to the volatile Middle East as the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama sought to sell his pledge to directly engage in a peace process, should he become president, but his 36-hour stop in Israel – with a little time in the West Bank – appeared more of a...

24-07-2008 Obama leads McCain by 6 points

Democrat Barack Obama is leading his Republican rival John McCain by 6 points as the US prepares for Election Day, a recent poll shows.

24-07-2008 Election law returned to Iraqi Parliament

The Iraqi Parliament Iraq's Presidential Council and Kurd Parliament have rejected a controversial provincial elections law passed by the Iraqi Parliament.

22-07-2008 Republic of Nepal elects first president

Lawmakers in Nepal have voted to elect Ram Baran Yadav as the South Asian country's first head of state since it became a republic in May.

22-07-2008 US elections: McCain accuses media of favourable bias toward Obama

The Republican presidential hopeful John McCain let his frustration with the US media boil over today for its saturation coverage of Barack Obama's visit to the Middle East and Europe.

21-07-2008 'Iraqi provincial elections delayed'

Iraqi Electoral Commission says there is no time for provincial elections this year as the parliament failed to pass necessary legislation.

20-07-2008 Who will win the Obama vs. Obama election?

The answer - at this point it's not about Obama vs. McCain. It's about Obama vs. Obama.

20-07-2008 Political Diary

John McCain continues to trail Barack Obama in this week's latest polls, though there are signs that Obamamania may be abating slightly. An ABC News poll reports that Mr. Obama now has only a 49% to 46% lead among likely voters.

08-07-2008 Obama to accept nomination like Kennedy

Obama gathered 75,000 in Oregon rally in May Senator Barack Obama will give his Democratic presidential nomination's speech at a sports stadium like former President John F. Kennedy.

08-07-2008 Obama, McCain fight over economy

US Dem. nominee Barack Obama and Rep. nominee John McCain have rapped each other's economic plans amid the domestic economic crisis.

30-06-2008 Merkel calls Zimbabwe elections a farce

German chancellor calls Zimbabwe's presidential run-off elections a farce, calling on the African Union to draw the necessary conclusions.