US media say Republican presidential candidate John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.
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US candidates make Latino appeals ... since December 2006 and was the first woman to hold the position. The 44-year-old Palin is known as an anticorruption crusader. She is also an opponent of abortion rights and a member of the National Rifle Association. If McCain were elected in the November 4 presidential election, Palin would become the first woman vice president in the United States. Earlier, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination with a rousing speech in front of 84,000 supporters in Denver, Colorado. His running mate is to be Delaware senator Joe Biden.
(Deutsche Welle)
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