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As Clinton campaign flounders, hopes of 'dream ticket' resurface

Could the long and bitter battle for the Democratic nomination end with Barack Obama and the all-but-vanquished Hillary Clinton united?

Inside Americas

Jenna Bush shuns White House glamour to marry in Texas

Saturday, 10 May 2008

As soon as the Texas sun starts going down this evening, Jenna Bush will become the first presidential child in decades to get married during her father's term. "We will be laughing, weeping, hollering," predicts George Bush. "It's going to be a great time."

Obama close to declaring outright victory, but Clinton's fight goes on

Friday, 9 May 2008

Amid warnings of civil war in her party, an indefatigable Hillary Clinton boarded her charter jet yesterday for back-to-back campaign appearances in no fewer than three primary states even as aides to her rival, Barack Obama, hinted quietly that he may choose to declare final victory within days.

Global manhunt leads to US child sex arrest

Friday, 9 May 2008

A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

The veteran adviser who won't let Hillary give up

Friday, 9 May 2008

Harold Ickes is sometimes described as Hillary Clinton's "not so secret weapon". He is also a master of cut-throat politics and comes from a distinguished family of Democratic insiders.

Activists out Burger King dirty tricks operation

Friday, 9 May 2008

Activists have outed a corporate dirty tricks operation tied to Burger King aimed at discrediting efforts to improve the often horrific conditions of migrant workers in Florida's tomato fields.

Superdelegates desert her, but Clinton refuses to throw in towel

Thursday, 8 May 2008

Hillary Clinton gave no sign of abandoning her do-or-die campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination in the US presidential race yesterday. She made a pump-up-the-troops appearance in West Virginia, which holds its primary vote next week, even as aides admitted she had been forced to loan herself yet more campaign money in recent weeks.

Interrogator of the stars dishes dirt in memoir

Thursday, 8 May 2008

For 30 years, Barbara Walters has been an immovable fixture on the American media landscape, a spiky, self-assured, seemingly ageless television interviewer and news show host who likes to think of herself as a trailblazer for women journalists everywhere.

Obama calls for end to primary fight

Thursday, 8 May 2008

A new front opened in Barack Obama's battle to clinch the nomination when he asked uncommitted Democratic officials, known as superdelegates, to accept that the race is over and to focus on winning the November election.

Gripping night gives new advantage to Obama

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Barack Obama scored a resounding victory in North Carolina last night but very narrowly lost the state of Indiana to Hillary Clinton after a cliff-hanger night of counting votes. She finally squeaked by a bare two percentage points or about 22,000 votes.

Canadian becomes first child soldier since Nuremberg to stand trial for war crimes

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

An inmate at the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba is set to be the first child soldier to go on trial for war crimes since Nuremberg, after a military judge ruled that there were no legal obstacles preventing the camp's special military commissions from prosecuting him.

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