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/ 30 October 2008
There might be little to choose for Africa between an Obama and a McCain presidency, but their differences on women’s rights do matter.
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/ 30 October 2008
Sierra Leonean support for Obama transcends age and religious differences, writes Olusegun Ogundeji.
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/ 30 October 2008
"Obama represents the unity of humanity. Dare I say it? This is a man who might go down in history as ‘Barack the Great’.”
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/ 30 October 2008
Manyo Benard reports on how “Obamania” has gripped Cameroon.
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/ 30 October 2008
With the Hollywoodisation of the US presidential race, important local news is getting tougher to find, laments Kweku Yeboah Koranteng.
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/ 29 October 2008
Lev David: This one’s about why I think Sarah Palin deserves a place on the world stage, no matter the result of the United States Presidential Race.
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/ 28 October 2008
Technology provides voters with a platform to move beyond historical loyalties.
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/ 27 October 2008
Democrats are gazing at a radical new dawn while Republicans are ready to attack the victor, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 19 October 2008
An elder statesman of the Republican Party cast doubt on the legitimacy of the presidential election this week.
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/ 18 October 2008
Despite strong words, the final debate is unlikely to be the game-changer McCain had hoped for.
Republicans are urging John McCain to adopt more aggressive tactics against Barack Obama amid fears that the White House is slipping away from them.
Democrat campaign targets the swing state of New Mexico. Dan Glaister reports
Washington has seen a ‘throw the bums out’ mood before. But this is something else.
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/ 29 September 2008
The financial crisis ended the Palin circus but the Democratic presidential candidate must buck up
his ideas to exploit McCain’s weak point.
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/ 23 September 2008
The Republicans argue that people who have lost their homes may no longer be resident at the address listed on voter records.
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/ 22 September 2008
Historically, there’s been a last-minute swing away from black candidates by white voters. Will Barack change things?
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/ 21 September 2008
Despite being a pro-choice, liberal atheist, I gave money in honour of the US vice-residential candidate Sarah Palin today.
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/ 19 September 2008
ON CIRCUIT: <i> Space Chimps</i> and <i>Swing Vote</i> make an entrance onto the circuit.
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/ 15 September 2008
Sarah Palin’s road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain’s running mate is littered with casualties, writes Ed Pilkington.
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/ 13 September 2008
An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse.
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/ 12 September 2008
Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin vowed on Thursday not to "blink" in pursuit of America’s "righteous" war in Iraq.
Putin claims that Washington is to blame for the Caucasus crisis. Does he really think Dick Cheney’s that clever?
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/ 6 September 2008
Furore surrounding John McCain’s running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus
blue state, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 4 September 2008
As the focus last week turned to Barack Obama’s choice of running mate his other crucial partner continues to show that the Democratic nominee isn’t t
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/ 3 September 2008
As withdrawal from Iraq becomes a hot topic in the US presidential campaign, Peter Vale assesses The Three Trillion Dollar War.
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/ 1 September 2008
It is clear that speech-making abilities in the Obama family are not restricted to Barack Obama.
To a large degree the success of Obama’s presidential run so far has been built on his skills as a speechmaker, writes Ed Pilkington.
The Republican war room in Denver looked harmless. It was on a busy road in a neighbourhood of modest motels and petrol stations.
Bill Clinton did brilliantly what other Democrats had failed to do — make the case for President Barack Obama, writes Jonathan Freedland.
US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, a senior official said on Friday.
Olympic sensation Pamela Jelimo and footballer Dennis Oliech are two of Kenya’s hottest celebrities –so where are the T-shirts?
Grass roots organisation brings conservative states within Democrats’ grasp, writes Suzanne Goldenberg.