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Economy, culture wars vie for election spotlight
With jobs disappearing, banks failing and the housing market a mess, Democrats were certain the U.S. presidential election would be all about the economy. Suddenly all anyone talks about is faith, family and female voters.
Call it the Sarah Palin effect.
The surprise choice of the little-known Alaskan governor as running mate by Republican presidential nominee John McCain for the November 4 election has turned the campaign debate into something else entirely.
Opinion polls show the economy the top concern with the two main presidential candidates running neck and neck.
Democrat Barack Obama has tried to paint his rival McCain with the same blame he heaps on Republican President George W. Bush for causing rising prices and stagnant incomes.
Alaska Gov. Palin, who would be the first female U.S. vice president, has made a big splash in the 12 days since her selection as McCain’s running mate.
Women with children debate Palin’s ability to run for office while raising five children. Conservatives applaud her anti-abortion credentials. Newspapers run interviews with family, friends and pastors attesting to Palin’s fundamentalist Christian faith.
Hollywood heavyweights Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunited on the red carpet in New York Wednesday night for the premiere of their new crime thriller “Righteous Kill” — their first film together since making 1995’s “Heat.”
The movie also stars
The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.
Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.
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David Miliband has allegedly come in for a rather undiplomatic tongue-lashing from his Russian counterpart.
The Foreign Secretary was apparently given a furious dressing down by Sergei Lavrov over the telephone.
Mr Miliband’s criticism of Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia is believed
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - A South African judge ruled Friday that prosecutors were wrong to charge ANC President Jacob Zuma with corruption, effectively clearing way for the 66-year-old former freedom fighter to become the country’s next president.
Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling
Thailand’s political turmoil deepened Friday when the ruling coalition failed to turn up to parliament to reelect leader Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
Lawmakers from the six-party coalition did not attend an emergency session of parliament called to choose a prime minister, three days after a court stripped Samak of power for accepting payments for hosting
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