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New York, Oct. 3 : Four out of ten American voters do not see the healthcare plans being projected by Barack Obama and John McCain as being better for them.

As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, the Harvard Public Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harris Interactive(r) conducted the new survey.

The survey found that voters view the candidates'' plans differently from this perspective.

Washington, Oct. 3: Barack Obama's campaign for the White House is receiving increasing complaints about scam pollsters involved in dirty tricks operations to discredit the Democratic candidate.

According to a report appearing in The Guardian, victims claim the fake pollsters work insinuations into their questions, designed to damage Obama.

Those targeted in swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania include Jews, Christian evangelicals, Catholics and Latinos.

London, October 3 : U. S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s supporters have developed a new application for iPhone with a view to involving more and more people in their campaign, and getting their votes.

The "Call Friends" option is a free application, which was developed by volunteers in less than three weeks.

“This tool is designed to help you become more directly involved in our campaign to change the country," the BBC quoted Obama’s campaign blog as saying.

London, Oct. 3: Britain’s Ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, has described Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a "decidedly liberal" senator "who was finding his feet, and then got diverted by his presidential ambitions".

In a frank verdict delivered to Prime Minister Gordon Brown through a seven-page letter marked sensitive, Ambassador Sheiwald has described Obama as intelligent but “aloof”

Washington - Presidential hopeful John McCain is withdrawing his campaign from Michigan after concluding there's little chance of defeating Barack Obama in the working class state.

McCain, the Republican nominee, will halt television and mailing campaigns, Politico reported Thursday, and shift staff to other states that are still competitive, some of them ones that Democrats typically win.

A McCain aid told Politico the decision was based in Michigan's preference for Democrats and because of the resources the Obama camp has poured into the state.