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• Barack Obama and John McCain begin the battle for women voters

  Sep 5 2008:

  John McCain and Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail for an epic fight for a newly identified swing constituency of working mothers

• Convention of the living dead

  Sep 5 2008:

  James Antle: McCain may hold together the GOP's warring factions, but but the excitement for the Democrats will be hard to overcome

• US election: Scoring the Democratic and Republican conventions

  Sep 5 2008:

  So, they're over. Party conventions may look fun on television, and sometimes they are, but it's nice to get home. Which party won the battle of the conventions? The scoring system is simple

• US election: US newspapers react to McCain's speech

  Sep 5 2008:

  Comments from major newspapers on John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention

• Another sporting chance for China?

  Sep 5 2008:

  Kristina Veasey: The forthcoming Paralympics is another opportunity to ask questions of the Chinese authorities about its human rights record

• Crisis in Kiev?

  Sep 5 2008:

  Yurii Ruban: The outlook for Ukraine is stormy, but the country's not about to split apart. Instead, a complex political dance is unfolding

• FTSE 100 close: Share rout continues as US jobless figures disappoint

  Sep 5 2008:

  The FTSE 100 suffers its worst week since July 2002 as worse-than-expected US job figures send world markets tumbling. By Julia Kollewe

• Australia swears in first female governor general

  Sep 5 2008:

  Quentin Bryce, thought to be a republican, becomes Queen's representative in Australia

• Happy birthday Google

  Sep 5 2008:

  One day this month will mark Google's official 10th birthday, but when exactly should we be celebrating, asks Richard Wray

• Daily life in Bangkok continues

  Gallery (10 pictures): Sep 5 2008: Dan Chung photographs daily life in Bangkok as protesters occupy Government House

• Google - 10 years in pictures

  Gallery (20 pictures): Sep 5 2008: This weekend Google celebrates its official 10th birthday. We look back at the company's last 10 years - in pictures

• Colombian soldiers forced 'drug smuggling' Tory to eat coffee whitener

  Sep 5 2008:

  Troops suspected Lichfield and Burntwood MP Michael Fabricant of smuggling cocaine, he reveals

• Google timeline: a 10 year anniversary

  Sep 5 2008:

  With millions using Google every day, it is regularly voted one of the world's top brands

• US jobless rate highest in nearly five years

  Sep 5 2008:

  Unemployment in America soared to its highest level in nearly 5 years in August as the credit crunch continues to takes it toll. By Kathryn Hopkins

• The Bush women are back

  Sep 5 2008:

  Laura Flanders: Sarah Palin's record stinks, but the McCain campaign is counting on the media to be too distracted by her gender to notice

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