New York, Sept. 26 : The prospect of pro-life Alaska Governor Sarah Palin becoming vice president is being used in Planned Parenthood fund-raising ads.

A wicked web campaign is underway urging foes of Palin to make a donation to the organization in Palin''s name, reports the New York Daily News.

The e-mail lists Palin''s address as Sen. John McCain''s presidential campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.

New York, Sept. 26 : US First Lady Laura Bush has said that Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin does not have any significant foreign policy background, but can rely on John McCain for help in this area.

In an interview with CNN, Bush was asked whether Palin, who is McCain''s running mate, had sufficient foreign policy experience.

"Of course she doesn''t have that. You know, that''s not been her role. But I think she is a very quick study, and fortunately John McCain does have that sort of experience," Fox News quoted her, as saying.

New York, Sept. 26: Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin insisted on Thursday that her home state’s proximity to Russia constituted her foreign policy experience.

In a sit down interview with CBS' Katie Couric, Palin indirectly revealed her poor foreign policy credentials by stating "Well, it certainly does because our - our next-door neighbors are foreign countries," referring to Russia and Canada.

Asked if she had held negotiations with Russia, Palin said: "We have trade missions back and forth."

Washington, Sept. 26 : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has accepted gifts valued at 25,367 dollars from industry executives, municipalities and a cultural center whose board includes officials from some of the largest mining interests in the state, a review of state records shows.

The 41 gifts Palin accepted during her 20 months as Governor includes honorific tributes, expensive artwork and free travel for a family member.

New York, Sept. 26: The war in Iraq is far from over, but Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin seems convinced that the United States has achieved "victory" in that country.

She is also of the view that more American troops need to be sent to Afghanistan, a plea made at time when most Americans are demanding a recall of troops and battling with an economic crisis almost similar to the Great Depression of
1929.

Washington, Sept. 26: A Democrat representing Florida in the House of Representatives -- Alcee Hastings – has warned Jews and Blacks to beware of Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”

Hastings, who is black and a Democrat, made the comment in Florida at a panel discussion hosted by