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Race for White House

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Running mate is Obama's 'last wild card'

Monday, 28 July 2008

The next major milestone in Barack Obama's presidential campaign, following his Berlin moment in front of 200,000 ecstatic Germans during his global tour, will be his selection of a running mate.

Obama on tour: 'If it's Saturday, it must be London'

Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Democratic presidential candidate has shored up his foreign-policy credentials with his carefully orchestrated globe-trotting. But it remains to be seen whether this will impress the folks back home, says Foreign Editor Raymond Whitaker

See you in January? Gordon Brown and Barack Obama in the rose garden at Downing Street yesterday. The 44th US President will be sworn in on 20 January

Obama on tour: Three special relationships in one day

Sunday, 27 July 2008

When Barack Obama arrived at No 10 yesterday, he looked happy, relaxed and pleased to be there. He smiled and waved to photographers on the other side of Downing Street, calling a cheery, "Hello!" Camera flashes caught Gordon Brown waiting for him in the shadows of the hallway.

Barack Obama arrives at the Victory Column in Berlin

Obama comes to Europe

Friday, 25 July 2008

Presidential candidate's makes plea to bridge the divide between Europe and America.

Obama speech: 'We must come together to save planet'

Friday, 25 July 2008

An edited transcript of the speech that Barack Obama gave in Berlin yesterday...

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin today and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to

Obama urges global fight against terror

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Barack Obama stood before an enormous crowd in Berlin today and summoned Europeans and Americans to work together to defeat terror.

Journalists board Obama's newly painted campaign plane at Midway Airport in Chicago, ready to depart on the presidential hopeful's trip around the Middele East and Europe

Obama begins European leg of tour

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrived in Berlin today amid high expectations for the European leg of his overseas trip.

Barack Obama pauses in front of a display of rockets that landed in southern Israel during a visit to Sderot

Security is paramount, Obama tells Israel

Thursday, 24 July 2008

Barack Obama repeatedly promised Israel's leaders yesterday that its security would remain "paramount" while he promoted efforts to resolve their conflict with the Palestinians early in his first term if elected.

Obama arrives in Tel Aviv last night

Obama's peace pledge

Wednesday, 23 July 2008

Barack Obama promised he would work for a negotiated breakthrough in the Middle East conflict, "starting from the minute I'm sworn into office".

Barack Obama, left, the US commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, and Senator Chuck Hagel over Baghdad yesterday

Boost for Obama over Iraq withdrawal

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Barack Obama has paid his first visit to Iraq, just as the Iraqi government explicitly matched the Democratic presidential candidate's 16-month timetable for the removal of American combat troops.

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