31-08-2008 Canada looking at fall elections

The Canadian premier's spokesman says because opposition leaders failed to find common ground, national elections are expected by fall.

30-08-2008 In White House race, battle of VPs begins

McCain described Palin as "a running mate who can best help me shake up Washington and make it work again" and "a devoted wife and mother of five" who "understands the problems, the hopes, the values of working people."

30-08-2008 Americans bewitched by Obama's fairy tales

As Barack Obama made his speech before nearly 84,000 of his supporters at a Denver stadium as the official Democratic nominee, Press TV asked the former Alaska senator, Mike Gravel about the Illinois senator's promises.

30-08-2008 Obama campaign highlights Palin's 'zero' experience

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Friday congratulated Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on her selection as John McCain's running mate, while his campaign highlighted her "zero" foreign policy experience.

30-08-2008 McCain makes a surprise VP choice

Republican John McCain unveiled a major surprise in the White House race Friday with his pick of first woman governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running-mate, campaign officials said.

27-08-2008 Biden's mission

Biden -- never a politician likely to be lost in the drapes -- may have been selling himself short. For all of Barack Obama's eloquence, for all of the quiet confidence of Michelle Obama, it may well be Biden's own star turn on Wednesday night that provides the mile-high lift to the Democratic...

27-08-2008 Clinton: No way, No how, No McCain

Hillary Clinton has thrown her weight behind ex-rival and presidential nominee Barack Obama, calling for a united Democratic front.

26-08-2008 Democrats launch convention in Denver

US Democratic National Convention has got underway to elect Barack Obama as the country's first African-American White House nominee.

26-08-2008 Obama slams McCain for terror ad

Barack Obama's camp sues a conservative group, financing a TV ad linking the Illinois Senator to William Ayers, a Vietnam War-era terrorist.

24-08-2008 Yalla Vote

"Yalla Vote '08 is our most ambitious election year program to date. By using new technologies, new resources, and new coalitions, we hope to place our community and our concerns at the center of the national debate,"

23-08-2008 Obama picks Biden for vice president

The US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, sources say.

23-08-2008 Pakistan to elect president Sept. 6

Pakistan will elect a president on Sept. 6, the Election Commission announced yesterday. Lawmakers will vote in national and provincial assemblies from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. that day, Election Commission Secretary Kunwar Dilshad said.

20-08-2008 Election a study in U.S. patriotism

Democratic candidate Obama has made patriotism a core theme of his campaign, seeking to inspire voters to overcome divisions of race and party and using his own story as a child of a Kenyan father and Kansas mother as an example of opportunities available only in America.

19-08-2008 Obama, McCain back Musharraf resignation

U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama said Monday that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was right to resign

18-08-2008 McCain cheating his way into Oval Office?

Senator John McCain has reportedly had prior knowledge of the questions of a joint live interview in which he faced rival Barack Obama.

18-08-2008 Obama takes off gloves to attack McCain

Obama, who has been put on the defensive by a series of attacks on his character, experience and readiness for the presidency, has been responding to the McCain accusations blow for blow.

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.