New York, Sept. 9 : Republican vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has indicated that she is ready to be grilled by what the McCain Campaign refers to as media “piranhas”.
Palin will sit down with ABC News for her first press interview at the end of the week, reports the New York Daily News.
Keen to tone down increasing criticism that Palin is being kept on a short leash while feeding off her crowd appeal, the McCain camp relented Sunday and said Palin will have her first press interview at the end of the week with ABC News.
New York - Victims of terrorist activities including high profile Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt are to speak Tuesday about their ordeals at the UN's very first symposium on terrorism to focus on victims and their families.
The event coincides with the observance two days later of the seventh anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York, Washington and on an airplane over Pennsylvania.
The UN did not draw a direct connection between the two events.
New York, Sept. 8 : His name is John McCain, but believe it or not, he is voting for Barack Obama.
Johnathan B. McCain, a Brooklyn-based musician, is not a Republican, travels frequently to Europe and says a few people have said that he looks like Obama.
According to the New York Daily News, McCain, 40, says that he has never used his famous name - or his striking resemblance to Obama to get a good table in a crowded restaurant or get out of a parking ticket.
The combination, however, has gotten him on talk radio shows around the city.
New York, Sept. 8 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s decision to drop his opposition to offshore drilling and calling for a gas tax holiday, besides missing several crucial votes on bills extending credits for wind and solar power, has been described by a New York Times editorial as an alarming development.
New York - The United Nations said Friday it was rushing relief assistance to some of the worst-hit Caribbean islands, with Haiti and Cuba heading the list, while damage and threats to residents were being assessed.
John Holmes, chief coordinator of the UN humanitarian emergency programme, said the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic have been affected by heavy flooding.
The Caribbean has been hit by three Atlantic storms and hurricanes in three weeks, with the latest - Tropical Storm Hanna - now heading toward southeastern United States.
New York, Sept. 5 : The presidential race between Senators’Barack Obama and John McCain is now even at 42 percent, according to a new CBS News poll conducted Monday-Wednesday of this week.
According to the poll, twelve percent are undecided and one percent said they wouldn''t vote.
This is in contrast to a poll conducted last weekend, where the Obama-Biden ticket led McCain-Palin by eight points, 48 percent to 40 percent.
McCain has also closed the enthusiasm gap some with Obama, but it still exists.
New York, Sept. 9 : Republican vice-presidential nominee and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has indicated that she is ready to be grilled by what the McCain Campaign refers to as media “piranhas”.
His name is John McCain, but believe it or not, he is voting for Barack Obama.
Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s decision to drop his opposition to offshore drilling and calling for a gas tax holiday, besides missing several crucial votes on bills extending credits for wind and solar power, has been described by a New York Times editorial as an alarming development.
New York - The United Nations said Friday it was rushing relief assistance to some of the worst-hit Caribbean islands, with Haiti and Cuba heading the list, while damage and threats to residents were being assessed.
