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: Seeking to distance himself from President George W Bush in the run-up to the November 4 presidential poll, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has accused him and his administration of failing to arrest the meltdown on Wall Street.

"I say the Bush administration has failed," McCain said on "60 Minutes" after agreeing that he placed "a great deal" of responsibility on the President for the financial meltdown,” the New York Daily News quoted McCain, as saying.

London, Sep 22: Republican presidential candidate John McCain picked the wrong Palin as his running mate, according to a YouTube video that is attracting hits on the Internet.

The presidential candidate should not have chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but Michael Palin, the former Monty Python star turned travel documentary maker, The Times reported.

New York, Sept. 22: The only way that the crisis on Wall Street can end is through trust and confidence, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has said.

In an interview with CBs’s Scott Pelley, McCain admitted that the American people were facing tough times, but ruled out a repeat of the Great Depression of 1929.

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.