Washington, Sep 23 : Former US president Bill Clinton today said that he would campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama beginning next week, once his annual philanthropy conference concludes

Clinton met with Obama in his Harlem office last week, and asked the candidate, “What do you guys want me to do?”

The answer appears to be to hold campaign events in Florida, Nevada and Ohio, as well as host fundraisers in New York, California and Ohio, the Washington Post reported.

Washington, Sep 23: Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign and his supporter at a rally have separately accused the press of favoring his Democratic rival Barack Obama.

McCain’s top strategist called The New York Times (NYT) a “pro-Obama advocacy organization,” FOX News reported.

Washington - The next US president could soon be headed on a tour of Asia, if advisors to major-party candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have their way.

At a debate between foreign policy aides to the candidates, sponsored by the National Bureau of Asian Research, advisors to both the Democrat and Republican nominees said they would encourage their candidates to travel to Asia on their first international trip after the November 4 elections.

New York, Sept. 22: Democratic presidential candaiate Barack Obama has said that the country’s regulatory system needs to be changed to ensure an improved economic performance.

Speaking with CBS’s Steve Kroft, Obama said America’s biggest financial crisis could be blamed on a lot of factors, but the main one appeared to be a badly-managed regulatory system that has not kept pace with the times.

New York, Sep 22 : The Obama and McCain campaigns have agreed to an unusual free-flowing format for the three televised presidential debates, which begin on September 26, but the McCain camp fought for and won a much more structured approach for the questioning at the vice-presidential debate.

Obama won an agreement for the first debate to be about foreign policy and national security on Friday, The New York Times reported.

New York - The US presidential election is going international as Republican rival John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin will be joining an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week.

Details of their visit to New York remain sketchy.

McCain has accepted an invitation to speak at former president Bill Clinton's Global Initiative Foundation, which focuses on climate change, energy and development issues and will include more than 50 current and former heads of state.