Washington, Oct 18 : Nearly two weeks after criticizing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama for “palling around with terrorists”, Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin has said that he was acting in the interests of the US, and that he “loved America”.

“I know Obama loves America,” Palin said in an interview with cbsnews. com on her flight from Cincinnati to Indianapolis.

Washington, Oct 18 : A study finds that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama outperformed voter preference polls in 12 states during the primaries and could do the same on Election Day, countering the “Bradley Effect,” which suggests that Black candidates do better in the polls than they do in actual elections

For months some political analysts have been warning -- and some Obama supporters have been fearing -- that the first Black presidential nominee of a major party could fall victim to the “Bradley Effect” on Election Day, FOX News reported.

Washington, Oct 18 : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign has complained that Republicans are conspiring to spread dubious allegations about voter fraud problems.

Obama’s campaign is accusing Republicans of enlisting law enforcement officials in a “frenzied and pathetic” attempt to turn the allegations of voter fraud surrounding a low-income advocacy group into a political football, FOX News reported.

Chicago, Oct. 18 : If the Washington Post took the lead on Thursday in being the first to endorse Barack Obama as the next President of the United States, then on Friday, it was the turn of the Chicago-based Sun Times to follow suit.

In an editorial, the paper says that with the Americans ready to be one country and yearning to bridge their differences, to find common cause, to rise above ideology, race, class and religion, Obama seems the ideal person to don the mantle of the 44th President of the United States.

Nairobi - Kenyan MPs want to see a tiny airport near Senator Barack Obama's ancestral home upgraded to allow Air Force One to land there should he win the upcoming US elections, reports said Friday.

The Nairobi Star said that MPs from Nyanza Province believed that an Obama win was a foregone conclusion and that Kisumu airport should be quickly brought up to scratch.

The senator's father was born in the village of Kogelo, which is around 60 kilometres from Kisumu. His grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives there.

Obama has never lived in Kenya and has only visited the country a handful of times. Despite this, he is viewed as a hero in the East African nation.

Washington, Oct. 17 : The Washington Post has taken the lead among American dailies in declaring Senator Barack Obama as the man most likely to be the 44th President of the United States.

The paper says that the choice has been made easy in part by Republican presidential candidate John McCain''s disappointing campaign, and above all, his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president.