U.S. media: Obama wins U.S.
presidential elections
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate
Senator Barack Obama (L) celebrates with his family after he won
the U.S. presidential election in Chicago on Tuesday night, Nov. 4,
2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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WASHINGTON, Nov.4
(Xinhua) -- Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won the U.S. general
elections on Tuesday after grabbing at least 297 electoral votes needed to
capture the White House, U.S. media said.
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McCain advisors say "no path" towards
victory
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two senior
advisors to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Tuesday that there
is "no path" towards victory, CNN said.
Obama poised to win elections, chance
for McCain dwindles
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Being projected to win in
keybattle ground states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio, Democratic candidate
Barack Obama seems to move toward victory as polling results poured in on
Election Night, dwindling the chances of his rival John McCain for a upset. Full story
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Supporters of Democratic presidential
candidate Senator Barack Obama stand ready for the election night in the
Grant Park in Chicago, the United States, November 4, 2008.(Xinhua
Photo)
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Ohio state votes for
Democrat Barack Obama
Democrats take 52 seats of U.S. Senate, U.S.
media projects
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) --
U.S. Democrats have taken 52 seats in the 100-seat Senate, regaining control of
the legislative body in the general elections Tuesday, according to a CNN
projection. Full story
Projections award Obama Pennsylvania,
McCain's chance narrowed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. media balloting projections awarded
Pennsylvania to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday night,
a development which has narrowed the chance of Republican hopeful John McCain
for an upset in the historic 2008 elections. Full story
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Obama wins Vermont,
U.S. media projects
WASHINGTON,
Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his
Democratic rival Barack Obama split the first batch of electoral votes as
projected election results came out from Kentucky and Vermont on Tuesday night.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) shakes hands with volunteers at a call center
in Albuquerque, New Mexico November 4, 2008, the day of the U.S.
presidential election. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Survey: U.S. Republican presidential
candidate McCain wins Kentucky
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- John McCain, the 72-year-old Republican
presidential candidate, has won the presidential elections in Kentucky,
according to AP's survey of voters on Tuesday. Full story
No surprise in early polling results
in U.S. presidential
elections
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4
(Xinhua) -- As the Election Night fell on Tuesday, early projected results of
the day-long marathon balloting in U.S. presidential elections have showed no
surprise so far as both Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his
Democratic rival Barack Obama carried electoral votes of states treading
traditional party leanings. Full story
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Voters queue to cast their ballots in
Arlington, Virginia of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. Some 130 million
voters will cast their votes in the day-long polling in the U.S.
presidential elections on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo)
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Americans making historic
elections
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Either it is to be the
oldest president who takes office in the United States or the first
African-American president, definitely, Americans have been making a historic
election on Tuesday. Full story
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A voter casts his ballot in Dixville
Notch, New Hampshire of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. Over a dozen
voters from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, kicked off the day-long polling
in the U.S. presidential elections as they gathered here at 0000 eastern
U.S. time (0500 GMT) Tuesday to cast their votes for a new
president.(Xinhua Photo/Hu Guangyao)
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Villagers in Dixville Notch, New
Hampshire, kick off U.S. elections with midnight
votes
DIXVILLE NOTCH, New
Hampshire, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Over a dozen voters from Dixville Notch, New
Hampshire, kicked off the day-long polling in the U.S. presidential elections as
they gathered here at 0000 eastern U.S. time (0500 GMT) Tuesday to cast their
votes for a new president. Full story
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Six-month-old baby Liam Greer from Ohio
with a I Vote sticker on his forehead smiles during an election night in
Amman November 4, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Chicago's Grant Park awaits final moment of U.S.
presidential elections
CHICAGO,
the United States, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- With all stages being set up and lights
ready to shine, the Grant Park in Chicago is waiting for the final moment of the
U.S. presidential elections when Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama's bid
for the White House is determined on. Full story
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Voters queue to cast their ballots in
Arlington, Virginia of the United States on Nov. 4, 2008. Voters in
Virginia kicked off the day-long polling in the U.S. presidential
elections Tuesday to cast their votes for a new president.(Xinhua/Jiang
Guopeng)
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Indiana, Kentucky close partial
polling on U.S. Election
Day
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The most
part of Indiana and the eastern portion of Kentucky closed polls at 6 p.m. EST
(2300 GMT), becoming the first two U.S. states to conclude partial polling on
Tuesday's U.S. Election Day. Full story
U.S. presidential election sees
widening division among Arizona voters
Phoenix, the United States, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Voters
in Arizona state of the United States went to the polls in large numbers on
Tuesday amid signs that Republican presidential candidate John McCain was losing
ground in the traditional stronghold for Republicans. Full story
Skin color, national interest: U.S. voters say they know which
matters
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Americans left their doorsteps
Tuesday to join the long lines outside the polling stations on the U.S. Election
Day, to give their verdict and elect the 44th U.S. president. Full story
McCain backyard opens up to Obama
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4
(Xinhua) -- No supporters' screams, only the silence before sunrise. No
photographers' glaring flashbulbs, only the bland light of street lamps.
It was in such a setting that the Key
Elementary School polling station near downtown Arlington in the state of
Virginia opened to voters at 6:00 a.m EST (1100 GMT). Full story
McCain casts vote as polling begins
Phoenix,
the United States, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican
candidate Senator John McCain cast his vote here on Tuesday after making
frenetic final dashes across several crucial states one day earlier.
As McCain walked into the voting booth
at a church in his Phoenix precinct, voters erupted in cheers and a crush of
media from around the world tried to follow him in but were stopped. One person
carried a sign that read, "Use your brain, vote McCain!" Full story
High voting turnout poses polling problems, chaos on U.S. Election
Day
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- A
technical support hotline for polling problems have received some 5,000
complaining calls as of 10:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, the U.S. Election Day.
Millions of voters are and will be
faced with an unfamiliar low-tech landscape at the polls on the Election Day.
About half of the voters are expected to vote in a way that is different from
what they did in the last presidential election, and most will use paper ballots
rather than the touch-screen machines that have caused concern among voting
experts. Full
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