ST PAUL, Minnesota, (AFP) - Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin lashed out at Barack Obama Wednesday and styled herself as a scourge of the Washington elite in her high-stakes convention debut. The Alaska governor, in the most

NEW YORK - Senator Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night just hours after delegates named him the party's presidential nominee, the first African-American to get that honour. Obama

Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said. ``Senator Obama and Senator Clinton did have occasion to meet