Islamabad, Aug 29: PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari has been living in the Prime Minister’s House for the past one week for “security reasons”, fearing a possible attack from militants because of his recent criticism of the Taliban and call for banning the organisation.
Sources in Islamabad said that Zardari planned to stay in the PM’s House till the presidential election scheduled for Sept 6.
They said that the PPP co-chairman moved to the Prime Minister’s House on the “advice” of his colleagues in the government.
Denver, Aug 29: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said in his acceptance speech that the forthcoming election was a chance for America to keep the promise alive in the 21st century. Accepting the nomination to run for the President of the US, Obama, in his address at the party's National Convention at Invesco stadium, said: “This moment, this election, is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.”
La Paz - Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday set the date for a national referendum on a controversial new constitution, which threatens to further split the country.
Morales will seek approval for the new constitution, a key element of his reform agenda, on December 7. An election of prefects for the regions of La Paz and Cochabamba as well as local representatives was scheduled for the same day.
Denver, Colorado - Former vice president Al Gore on Thursday sought to assure US voters that Barack Obama has the experience to lead the country in difficult times and to solve the "planetary emergency" of climate change, Gore's own signature issue.
Gore took the stage to a massive roar from the crowd of 75,000 that shook Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, where Obama was to give a speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination later in the evening.
Denver, Colorado - John Lewis, a black congressman who shared the podium when Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech, called Thursday for Democrats to "march on the ballot box" to elect the country's first African-American president.
Lewis spoke at Denver's Denver's Invesco Field on the 45th anniversary of the event, just hours before Senator Barack Obama, 47, was to accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Obama is the first black presidential nominee of a major party in the United States.
Denver, Colorado - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is vowing to end US dependence on Middle East oil within 10 years if elected president, according to excerpts released ahead of his speech to the Democratic Party Thursday in Denver.
"For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: in 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East," Obama said.
Islamabad, Aug 29: PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari has been living in the Prime Minister’s House for the past one week for “security reasons”, fearing a possible attack from militants because of his recent criticism of the Taliban and call for banning the organisation. 
Denver, Aug 29: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said in his acceptance speech that the forthcoming election was a chance for America to keep the promise alive in the 21st century. Accepting the nomination to run for the President of the US, Obama, in his address at the party's National Convention at Invesco stadium, said: “This moment, this election, is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.”
La Paz - Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday set the date for a national referendum on a controversial new constitution, which threatens to further split the country.
Denver, Colorado - Former vice president Al Gore on Thursday sought to assure US voters that Barack Obama has the experience to lead the country in difficult times and to solve the "planetary emergency" of climate change, Gore's own signature issue. 
Denver, Colorado - John Lewis, a black congressman who shared the podium when Martin Luther King Jr delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech, called Thursday for Democrats to "march on the ballot box" to elect the country's first African-American president. 
Denver, Colorado - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is vowing to end US dependence on Middle East oil within 10 years if elected president, according to excerpts released ahead of his speech to the Democratic Party Thursday in Denver. 
