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Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Barack Obama is in excellent health, according to a statement from his doctor, released by the campaign.

Besides being an "intermittent smoker," Sen. Barack Obama is in excellent health, his doctor says.

THE rising power in the German political scene, the far-left Die Linke, had a simple message at its party conference this weekend: we cannot be ignored.

Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory in Kentucky Tuesday, but momentum -- and a growing sense of inevitability -- is now firmly on Barack Obama's side.

Sen. Barack Obama has picked up a majority of the pledged delegates, according to CNN calculations.

He's not declaring victory in the Democratic primaries, but if you listen to Barack Obama, you get a clear sense he's more than ready for a fall fight with John McCain.

Sen. Barack Obama told an Oregon crowd Sunday that they were the reason he was still standing.

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital Sunday were trying to determine the cause of Sen. Edward Kennedy's seizure.

 
Sen. Ted Kennedy, shown in May 2007, was rushed to a hospital Saturday morning.

President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history of rule by strongmen.

The former New Yorker is expected to easily capture the most ballots among 5.7 million registered voters. His main challenger — construction magnate and former Public Works Minister Miguel Vargas — hopes to keep him from getting more than 50 percent and force a second round.

US President George W Bush has marked Israel's 60th anniversary in Jerusalem, saying America is the Jewish state's "best friend".

President Bush has spoken by phone with Chinese President Hu Jintao on the powerful earthquake that hit central China.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the president expressed his condolences on the thousands of deaths in the quake and offered to assist where possible. She said the U.S. is offering an initial $500,000 in earthquake relief in anticipation of an appeal by the International Red Cross.

Barack Obama is in hot pursuit of general election voters, hoping America won't notice he got his head handed to him in West Virginia.