Five days after the brouhaha over financial disclosure forms from the Republican National Committee revealing a spending of $150,000 on clothing of Sarah Palin and her family, the vice presidential candidate tossed the blame back to the RNC.

Opening her remarks in Tampa, Palin, who had offered no comments till now, revived the unpleasant topic for the McCain campaign, saying that the whole wardrobe talk was very “ridiculous.”

London, Oct 27: US presidential election isn’t over for another eight days and the next one is four years away, but the question being asked with some urgency is: Will Sarah Palin run for President in 2012?

Supporters see her as the leader to steer the conservative movement out of its malaise, a politician who can excite the party faithful in a mirror image of what Barack Obama did for the Democrats, the Guardian reported.

London, Oct 27: Republican presidential nominee John McCain has declared defiantly that he would emerge victorious from next weeks presidential election even as campaign tensions including with his running-mate Sarah Palin descended into a semi-public brawl over who to blame for defeat.

“I guarantee you that two weeks from now, you will see this has been a very close race and I believe that I am going to win it,” said the Republican nominee.

“I see intensity out there, and I see passion. So were very competitive,” The Times quoted McCain, as saying.

Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Oct 27: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has reportedly sent Diwali greetings to the Indians living in his country, saying they were an integral part of society and his Government recognised the past and present contributions of the community in nation-building.

In his written message, Ahmad Badawi said that the Indians had always tirelessly worked with and constructively engaged the Government to improve the well-being of the community.

Washington, Oct 27: Senator Barack Obama's record-breaking 150 million dollar fundraising performance in September has for the first time prompted questions about whether presidential candidates should be permitted to collect huge sums of money through faceless credit card transactions over the Internet.

Vilnius - Lithuania is set for a new politicsl landscape Monday after centre-right parties triumphed in the Baltic nation's general election on Sunday night.

According to preliminary results, the right-wing Homeland Union - Christian Democrats secured 44 seats in the country's 141-seat parliament, the Seimas, making it comfortably the largest party.

Added to that number in a new four-party ruling coalition will be 16 seats belonging to the Rising Nation Party, 11 seats of the Liberal Movement and a further 8 from the Liberal and Center Union.

Thus the coalition will control at least 79 seats with opposition parties able to muster a maximum of 62.