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US candidates in final pitch

World
2008-11-3

REPUBLICAN John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought to energize voter turnout in the final, frenetic weekend of a long United States presidential election campaign. McCain spent Saturday in Virginia and Pennsylvania...

Powell endorses Obama's running

World
2008-10-20

DEMOCRAT Barack Obama won the backing yesterday of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican and fellow African-American who served as the country's top diplomat in the first George W. Bush administration....

Directors put political leanings on big screen

World
2008-10-6

HOLLYWOOD is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight United States presidential campaign nears its climax. From religion to patriotism, gay rights and...

Candidates clash on economy, Iraq

World
2008-9-28

DEMOCRAT Barack Obama and Republican John McCain battled over spending, taxes and the Iraq war in their first campaign debate, sharply questioning each other's judgment and ability to lead on the biggest issues facing...

Obama poised to claim nomination

World
2008-6-4

DEMOCRAT Barack Obama stood poised to claim his place in history as the first black presidential nominee of a major United States party after a pair of primaries yesterday, as Hillary Rodham Clinton prepared to effectively...

Boost for Obama in key state

World
2008-3-29

PENNSYLVANIA Senator Bob Casey was planning to endorse Democrat Barack Obama, a move that could help the presidential candidate make in-roads with the state's white working-class voters dubbed "Casey Democrats." ...