Ed Pilkington: Sarah Palin's road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain's running mate is littered with casualties. But then she is, she believes, on a mission from God

WASHINGTON, Sep 5 (IPS) - Don't adjust your television set. There is no
problem with your signal; it's just that all the colour was
missing from the Republican National Convention, which concluded
last night with Sen. John McCain's speech accepting the
party nomination.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.

John McCain and Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail for an epic fight for a newly identified swing constituency of working mothers

On his first day as the official Republican Party nominee for president, John McCain distanced himself from the Republican Party.

As Senator John McCain accepted the Republican Party's nomination for U.S. president, he sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment - even though his party heads the establishment.

Ewan MacAskill and Dana Milbank analyse John McCain's speech last night

It must be galling for John McCain, who has spent eight years, more or less, running for president, and 21 years in the Senate, that after four days of convention hoopla the only time he truly connected with the Republican activists he must lead into the elections was when he talked about being taken prisoner in Vietnam

Here are the facts behind some of the statements made by John McCain in his acceptance speech here Thursday and Barack Obama's ...

John McCain wrapped up the Republican convention tonight by reaching out beyond the party faithful to the independents who will determine in November whether he or Barack Obama is the next occupant of the White House