McCain says as a former Navy fighter pilot and a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he has enough experience and knowhow to catch Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden
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"John McCain is a steadfast man who will not break with our heritage, no matter how demanding or dangerous the challenges at home or abroad," says Cindy McCain
Cindy McCain talks of family, and Bangladeshi connections
Obama says the high growth in India and China is a "huge opportunity" for America's energy sector and the US should choose to invest in clean alternative technologies to milk this opportunity
The state-by-state vote was almost anticlimactic in the aftermath of the speech by Palin, the Alaska governor who has gone in one week from virtual unknown to the most controversial figure in American politics. Her address was the most closely watched event of the four-day convention
The percentage of undecided voters is at its lowest since early June at 8 percent
Obama's Pakistan connection was widely speculated about in both the local and international media since his infamous remark last year that if elected as President, he would send troops to Pakistan to hunt down terrorists
The Illinois senator led McCain by seven percentage points among registered voters, at 50 per cent to 43 per cent, according to a poll released on Monday by daily USA Today. Another poll released by the CBS on Monday gave Obama a nine-point lead over the Arizona senator, who is to officially receive his nomination at the ongoing Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota from Sep 1 to 4
Unlike the expansive comments the 2004 Platform had on India, this time the party was succinct and to the point, but did not miss the larger aspects of the bilateral relationship between the United States and India
The Republican presidential hopeful’s campaign hails the new US relationship with India, including the civil nuclear deal
The CNN/Opinion Research Corp poll, released last night, showed that the Obama-Biden ticket was leading the McCain-Palin ticket by one point, 49 per cent to 48 per cent, a statistical dead heat
Republican delegates will only meet for two hours on the convention's opening day Monday to take care of essential business
The paper says that Obama has removed all doubts about his skills as an orator
Making a strong anti-outsourcing pitch after getting the Democratic Presidential nomination, Barack Obama vowed to end tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas if elected to office
In a nationally televised address from an elaborate stage backed by Greek columns evoking memories of that setting, Obama said: "We meet at one of those defining moments -- a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more."
The three men, Adolph, his cousin Tharin Gartrell, 28, and Nathan Johnson, 32, have long criminal records for illegal gun possession, drug trafficking and theft
A new CNN poll, conducted Saturday and Sunday, showed that 27 percent of Hillary voters now say they support the Republican candidate. Former President Bill Clinton has endorsed Obama's candidature saying he was "ready to be president"
Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world, says the former US president
FBI officials said it’s unclear if shooters could have had a clear path to hit the stage from outside the convention hall
The New York senator Tuesday night appealed for the 18 million people who voted for her in the intra-party presidential race to get solidly behind rival Barack Obama
The fears of such a plot were fuelled by reports in local news networks in Denver, where the Democrats began their national convention with Obama's wife Michelle
Michelle Obama spoke of love of family and country - a bookend speech to one by an ailing but impassioned Sen. Edward Kennedy - as Democrats convened to nominate Barack Obama and pass the torch to a candidate who would be the first African-American president
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