Washington  - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday said his dermatologist had removed skin from his cheek in a routine check for skin cancer.

Questions have been circulating about McCain's health, in particular his apparent risk for skin cancer, since he secured the Republican party nomination for president.

Washington, July 28: Republican presumptive presidential nominee Senator John McCain has accused his presumptive Democratic opponent Senator Barack Obama of playing politics with the Iraq war.

McCain told ABC Television in an interview that Obama is astutely choosing his positions in order to win a political campaign rather than do what is needed to win the war.

Washington, July 27 : American body movement analysts have cast light on what Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his Democratic counterpart Barack Obama''s body language reveals about them.

They say that the way McCain stands firmly and holds onto the sides of a podium represent stability, while Obama has a forward-looking gaze and strolls about in a relaxed fashion during public appearances.

The experts add that both presidential candidates share an introspective quality that may make them strong leaders, each in his way.

Washington, July 26 : President George W Bush and Senator John McCain have long been in agreement on major elements of US foreign policy, but now the Bush Administration’s agreement to consider a “time horizon” for troop withdrawals from Iraq has led to divergent views, at least in the public.

The divisions within the Republican foreign policy establishment continue at a time when Obama is trying to establish his own international credentials.

Washington, July 26: Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain has accused his rival Democrat Senator Barack Obama of failing the Commander-in-Chief test on Iraq.

Speaking to war veterans in Denver, McCain criticised Obama for opposing President George W Bush’s troop surge in Iraq - one of the few issues where the GOP has gotten traction against Obama during his tour of Europe and US war zones.

Washington - Meeting with the Dalai Lama US Republican presidential candidate John McCain Friday criticized the human rights situation in China.

The US wants good relations with Beijing, McCain said after his discussion with the spiritual head of Tibet during his visit to the Aspen Institute think tank in Aspen, Colorado.

McCain said however that it did a disservice to the Chinese people if the US and other democracies do not express their concern about the suppression of human rights in China, the senator said, according to the US television network ABC.