Hillary Clinton’s name will join Barack Obama’s on a list of candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, a gesture of unity also aimed at mollifying her supporters, who Mr Obama needs as the race for the presidency tightens.

Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said that he misspoke when he said he spent as much time, if not more, at ground zero exposed to the same health risks as workers combing the site after the September 11 attacks.

NEW YORK CITY firefighters and their families criticised former mayor Rudy Giuliani for his handling of the September 11 terror attacks, in a video released yesterday.