Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/us-presidential-elections.html en-en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:36:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/us-presidential-elections.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080830/twl-uk-georgia-ossetia-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080830/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-georgia-ossetia-bd5ae06_2 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:36:00 +0000 Vladimir Putin launched a fresh attack on the United States, saying U.S. advisers were involved in the Georgian conflict and accusing the White House of provoking the crisis to help Republicans win the U.S. election. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080829/tpl-uk-georgia-ossetia-putin-81f3b62.html /rtrs/20080829/r_t_rtrs_pl_security/tpl-uk-georgia-ossetia-putin-81f3b62_2 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:50:00 +0000 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said U.S. military advisers had been involved in this month's conflict in Georgia and the White House could have planned it to help Republicans win the U.S. election. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080829/tpl-uk-usa-politics-bush-20b2d2f.html /rtrs/20080829/r_t_rtrs_pl_debtmrkt/tpl-uk-usa-politics-bush-20b2d2f_1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:00:00 +0000 The White House on Friday decried as "out-and-out false" some of the criticism levelled against President George W. Bush at the Democratic convention, where Barack Obama was named the party's presidential nominee. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-vote-2802f3e.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-2802f3e_10 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:51:00 +0000 John McCain tossed a huge but risky surprise into the US race for the White House Friday when he unveiled the little-known governor from Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his vice presidential running mate. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080829/tpl-uk-usa-politics-quotes-factbox-87aac06.html /rtrs/20080829/r_t_rtrs_pl_election/tpl-uk-usa-politics-quotes-factbox-87aac06_2 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:29:00 +0000 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain made the surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080829/tpl-uk-iran-nuclear-centrifuges-43a8d4f.html /rtrs/20080829/r_t_rtrs_pl_diplomcy/tpl-uk-iran-nuclear-centrifuges-43a8d4f_3 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:05:00 +0000 Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the U.N. atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-vote-2802f3e.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-2802f3e_9 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:54:00 +0000 Republican John McCain unveiled a major surprise in the White House race Friday by picking a little known governor from the oil-rich state of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running-mate. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-vote-democrats-2802f3e.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-democrats-2802f3e_1 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:47:00 +0000 Energized by a historic Democratic convention, Barack Obama Friday plunged back onto the campaign trial as his Republican rival John McCain shook up the White House race with a surprise VP pick. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080829/twl-mccain-chooses-ex-beauty-queen-for-v-41f21e0.html /itn/20080829/r_t_itn_wl/twl-mccain-chooses-ex-beauty-queen-for-v-41f21e0_2 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:38:18 +0000 US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen a former Miss Alaska runner-up as his vice-presidential running mate. ITN http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080829/twl-us-vote-2802f3e.html /afp/20080829/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-2802f3e_8 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:00 +0000 Republican John McCain unveiled a major surprise in the White House race Friday with his pick of first woman governor of the oil-rich state of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running-mate. AFP