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.

US President George W Bush’s re-election campaign commercials have angered several relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks.

The scramble to determine who will lead California went to the wire today with actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger denying last-minute sexual harassment allegations and Governor Gray Davis pleading with citizens to give him another chance.