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Articles about US elections

Report on Obama Senate seat scandal out soon

A report, due out on Tuesday, is expected to clear US President-elect Barack Obama's staff of any improper dealings with the governor of Illinois.

Bush hounded till bitter end

US President George W Bush may be a lame duck, but protesters and aspiring US rivals are still dogging him with a passion on his last foreign trip.

Fit for the job

The term "fit for the job" never gained such a literal connotation as it did for the 2008 presidential election.

Obama makes historic White House visit

United States president-elect Barack Obama visited the White House on Monday for his first post-election meeting with President George Bush.

This victory belongs to you

The acceptance speech of Barack Obama, president elect of the United States, in Chicago, the day after he won the election.

Yes, we (also) can

Like the victory speech of our founding president Nelson Mandela in 1994, the acceptance speech of US president elect Barack Obama caused celebration.

Ghana goes gaga for granny

With the Hollywoodisation of the US presidential race, important local news is getting tougher to find, laments Kweku Yeboah Koranteng.

Carnival in Kisumu

For Kenyans, Obama has put their country on the world map, writes Nyokabi Baiya.

'He's the other. It's in the Bible'

There is nothing unusual about mixed-race people in the South, although in decades past there was no ambiguity about the subject.

'He is my Mandela'

'Dem youthboy defied every order and turned a senator', says a Cameroonian reggae song that captures the country’s rapture with Obama.

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Photos about US elections

Putting out fires
US Vice-President Joe Biden gives a speech at the Tel Aviv University in Israel on Thursday. Israel issued a public apol...
Down to business
Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown (left) greets South African President Jacob Zuma outside 10 Downing Street in London...
Slippery ride
John Daly of the US competes during the second heat of the men's skeleton competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olymp...
On guard
A US soldier provides security during a meeting in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. ...
Super Samoa
Samoa's Pale Toelupe, top, and Paul Chan Tung celebrate Samoa's USA world sevens victory over New Zealand in Las Vegas, ...

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