Trailing in the polls, John McCain today said US political pundits may have written off his presidential campaign but he will “fool them again” and “come from behind like we have every time in the past”.

In an election that could rival the photo finish of 2000, US voters were today choosing between President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry.

CHALLENGER John Kerry and President George W Bush began summing up their long campaigns yesterday as they headed into the final weekend of a Presidential contest that polls suggest will go right down to the wire.

Victims of the September 11 terror attacks were mourned worldwide today, but in the Middle East, Arabs said Washington’s support for Israel and the war on terror that began in the aftermath of the World Trade Center’s collapse only fuelled anger and violence.