WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama captured the White House on Tuesday after an extraordinary two-year campaign, defeating Republican John McCain to make history as the first black to be elected U.S. president.
Written on November 4, 2008 | Posted in
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After months of campaigning, hours of election speeches and debates, and hundreds of opinion polls tracking the ebb and flow of the 2008 US presidential election, the time of reckoning is near.
Written on November 3, 2008 | Posted in
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BANGALORE: The urge to vote in the November 4 US Presidential election for an American immigrant couple living in India was so strong that they travelled 9300 miles to their home to vote in person.
Written on November 3, 2008 | Posted in
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In the course of his campaign he’s already become an icon. Now Barack Obama is only two days away from becoming leader of the free world. If he wins, he will get to work swiftly
Written on November 1, 2008 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON: Democrat Barack Obama is extending his campaign advertising into traditionally Republican territory, as polls there show him closing on rival John McCain.
Written on October 31, 2008 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON: In the final days of the US presidential election, campaign yard signs are being defaced, fliers are advising Democrats to vote a day (too) late
Written on October 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Sarah Palin is to forgo the designer wardrobe bought for her by the Republican Party, and will go back to wearing her own clothes
Written on October 27, 2008 | Posted in
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With the presidential election less than a fortnight away, more American newspapers are taking sides.
Written on October 25, 2008 | Posted in
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