15:34 Republican John McCain said today that as president he would like to introduce a question and answer session in the US Congress which would be modelled on the UK's Prime Minister's Questions.
President George Bush marked the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding today with an attack on anti-Semitism, especially by those who want to wipe the nation "off the map."
A previously unknown Islamic militant group has claimed responsibility for a string of bomb attacks that killed at least 61 people in India earlier this week.