Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin defended nearly 200 million US dollars in federal pet projects she sought as Alaska governor this year as her ticket mate John McCain insisted she had never requested them.

The Russian invasion of Georgia was “unacceptable” and the United States may have to go to war if it is repeated, John McCain’s surprise running mate Sarah Palin said today.

The decision by American networks to send senior journalists to cover US presidential candidate Barack Obama's overseas tour has fuelled accusations of media bias in favour of the Democratic nominee-in-waiting.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said today that he believed Iraqi forces would be ready by next June to take full control of security in Iraq, an issue on which he pressed US President George Bush during their Amman, Jordan, summit.

CIA Director Porter Goss, saying his agency struggles to penetrate terrorist sanctuaries overseas, insists that "we know more than we're able to say publicly" about Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, has died at age 67.

President George Bush has said he sees the value – and the humour – in the idea that aides could secretly feed him advice through a radio receiver hidden on his back.

President George Bush delivered a combative defence of his policies last night as he went head-to-head in a second live debate with his election challenger John Kerry.

Police in the North have identified the remains of a man found in Bangor, Co Down, last week.