The Republican convention has formally nominated John McCain as the party's candidate to run in the US presidential elections against Democrat Barack Obama.
Earlier, Sarah Palin accepted the party's nomination for vice president. In a highly anticipated speech to the convention, the Alaska governor underlined her credentials as a maverick reformer. She also praised McCain, saying his deeds made him the right president for the United States. Obama ready for historical acceptance ...
Obama and Biden make confident pitch ... Palin is the first-ever female Republican vice presidential nominee. The 44-year-old contrasted her service as a mayor and town council member with Obama's background as a community organizer in Chicago and a first-term senator from Illinois. McCain and Palin will face Obama and Joe Biden in the presidential election on November 4.
(Deutsche Welle)
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