Portugal's governing Socialist Party has admitted defeat in the general election. BBC News Socialist leader Jose Socrates said he accepted responsibility for the defeat and resigned as head of his party. The victorious centre-right Social Democrats (… more »

  UK Telegraph By Foreign Staff The president will spend much of the last days before polling in a frantic dash around the country to defend his first two years in office and save imperilled Democrats. The former governor of Alaska, w… more »

CNN Newsblog Despite some gains, more than half of the United States' population lives in cities where pollution levels make the air unhealthy to breathe, an annual report says. Cities in California dominated the most-polluted list in the American Lu… more »