Obama ends final rally with cry for change

Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama issued a barnstorming call for change at his final campaign rally on Monday.

Moment of truth for United States

Election officials are braced for the biggest turnout in United States history on Tuesday as voters finally deliver their verdict.

Obama in command on eve of US vote

Barack Obama stood on the threshold of history on Monday as polls gave the Democrat a solid lead over John McCain on the last day of campaigning.

Winning was the easy bit, Mr President

Whether it's Barack Obama or John McCain who makes it to the White House, the briefing the president gets on the economy will be a sombre affair.

'He's the other. It's in the Bible'

There is nothing unusual about mixed-race people in the South, although in decades past there was no ambiguity about the subject.

Borrow, buy, burn, bail out

With the United States election just around the corner, who'd want to be in the shoes of either front-runner Barack Obama or John McCain?

History beckons Obama, McCain on election day

Americans choose on Tuesday between Barack Obama and John McCain in an epochal election that could enshrine their first black president.

Pouts, pecs and power suits

Millions of Americans aren’t just redoing their hair for Palin -- they’re taking off their clothes too.

McCain renews attacks on 'far left' Obama

John McCain ramped up his attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama on Saturday, describing his rival as stuck in the "far left lane" of US politics.

McCain, Obama battle enters final weekend

John McCain on Friday seized on Arnold Schwarzenegger's star power in Ohio, a state critical to his hopes of clawing back Barack Obama's lead.

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