Obama, aka fat little Barry, remembered
September 30, 2008
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PAST a large mosque and a small park, down a rundown side street in the upscale Jakarta suburb of Menteng, the pilgrimage has started: the curious, the journalists, the entrepreneurs - all searching for traces of Obama, the chubby little black boy who spent two years living at No22 Jalan Taman Amir Hamzah and who is poised to become America’s next president.
Why the bailout bill went down
September 29, 2008
In the end, the financial markets did not stand a chance against voter antipathy, partisanship and election year politics.
The defeat of the extraordinary $US700 billion financial rescue package represented a perfect collision of the forces of modern politics - a fast-moving internet campaign, vulnerable incumbents, a weakened and unpopular president, and a roiling presidential campaign - all working against the so-called Masters of the Universe.
Scarlett Johansson marries Ryan Reynolds
September 28, 2008
US actress Scarlett Johansson has married actor Ryan Reynolds near the Canadian city of Vancouver, reports said on Sunday.
Gossip magazine Us cited the 23-year-old actress’ representative as saying the wedding took place on Saturday in a remote location outside Vancouver.
A month after being a sensation, Palin’s now a problem
September 28, 2008
She arrived in a blaze of glory and at a stroke injected new life into John McCain’s presidential election campaign like a dose of political viagra.
But one month after Sarah Palin was unveiled as the shock Republican vice-presidential pick, the surge of populist momentum provided by the Alaskan governor’s elevation to national politics is waning, analysts say.
Each side claims victory in debate
September 28, 2008
In the wake of the first square-off between US presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, a furious argument has begun about who won the debate.
Latest Presidential Polls
September 27, 2008
Based on presidential election polls, electoral votes are summed and grouped into “strong states”, “weak states, etc., to illustrate how much each candidate relies on “weak states votes”.
It also shows the development since March 2008, to identify if a candidate is getting to rely more or less “on weak states votes”
Paul Newman dead
September 27, 2008
Screen giant Paul Newman has died in the US following a battle with cancer.
Newman had reportedly been receiving treatment for lung cancer in New York and had been photographed looking thin and frail in the past few months.
‘Tweets’ fuel Obama fan club
September 26, 2008
The cool crowd at the New York club didn’t have to wait for the result of their hero Barack Obama’s debate with John McCain — bloggers were already doing the job.
Largest ever bank failure
September 26, 2008
As the debate over a $US700-billion bank bail-out rages on in Washington, one of the largest US banks - Washington Mutual Inc. - has collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the mortgage market.
Palin blessed to be free from ‘witchcraft’
September 25, 2008
A grainy YouTube video below shows Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin being blessed in her hometown church three years ago by a Kenyan pastor who prayed for her protection from “witchcraft” as she prepared to seek higher office.
