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WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Barack Obama celebrated "active faith" as an obligation of religious Americans and a chief agent of societal change while speaking Saturday to a nearly all-black roomful of churchgoers, but hoping to reach far beyond them....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans group that's launching a national TV ad campaign next week....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is elected....

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week....

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week....

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) -- Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week....

Labour MSP Margaret Curran says she will stand as a candidate for the Glasgow East by-election after the frontrunner drops out.

Charlie Beckett: Their party may be on the way out, but leftwing bloggers should prepare themselves for real power

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November....

The Scottish Liberal Democrats agree a timetable for the leadership election, following the resignation of Nicol Stephen.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John McCain calls himself an underdog. That may be an understatement. The GOP presidential candidate trails Democrat Barack Obama in polls, organization and money while trying to succeed a deeply unpopular fellow Republican in a year that favors Democrats. McCain also doesn't seem to have a coherent message let alone much of a strategy despite securing the nomination three months earlier than Obama....

Doctors and other health workers at the Nakuru-based Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital have called off a two-day strike after the intervention of senior Government officials.

As condemnation of the Mugabe regime intensifies in the aftermath of his sham one-man presidential election, civil society groups on the continent are uniting to express their solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe. The continuing campaign of violence against MDC officials and supporters has angered many African civil organisations, and they are now turning their words of support into action, to increase pressure for change.

While officials at the US Embassy in Harare took the day off to celebrate America's Independence Day on Friday, almost 200 victims of political violence were still waiting outside the embassy gates seeking refuge and shelter.