Ex-US secretary of state John Kerry has torn into Trump for accusing him of holding "illegal" meetings with Iran.
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Here's a recap of the events from the past 48 hours.
John Kerry, US Secretary of State, who is here for the 2nd Indo-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue, said his country would want its civil nuclear cooperation with India to take shape in setting up of reactors.
Attempts are being made by both sides to clinch the deal before President George Bush visits India in February.
Citizens of eight of 10 nations polled by leading newspapers oppose the re-election of George W Bush as president.
Kerry, a member of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had told him during their meeting on Thursday that India would sign the Fissile Material Control Treaty.
As the debate on outsourcing dominates the presidential election campaign in the United States, a leading economist has termed Democratic nominee John Kerry's opposition to American companies moving jobs overseas as faulty economics.
Outsourcing of hi-tech jobs to India, China, Russia, the Philippines will to dominate the US poll debate.
Battered in opinion polls by President George W Bush, Democratic challenger John Kerry is now turning to former President Bill Clinton, considered among the best campaigners, for advice on how to reinvigorate his sagging campaign
The first openly gay major presidential candidate in American history, and one of the youngest-ever to win a state primary or caucus, Buttigieg, 38, is a barrier-breaking public servant from the industrial Midwest with a track record of trailblasing, forward-thinking executive leadership.
We believe American workers should never have to subsidize the loss of their own job, he said.
We will destroy Al Qaeda, asserts the vice-presidential candidate.
South Asians comprise the largest number of minority delegates at the Democratic National Convention.
Kerry is expected to announce this at a rally in Pennsylvania later today, but will have to formally nominate Edwards---who fought against him for the presidential nomination--at the Democratic National Convention at the end of July.
In an unusual gesture, the democratic candidate has put off campaigning till the former president's funeral on Friday.
The money raised so far is double what was raised at a similar point in the 2000 campaign.
The much-anticipated meeting between United States President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the United General Assembly failed to take place as it turned out to be too complicated for Iranians, a senior Obama administration official has said.
Kerry said this in a newspaper article co-authored by US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker.
Chairman of the US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan has strongly defended free trade in goods and services, now under attack by John Kerry and John Edwards
The wins marked a sweep in the south that extended his dominance to every region of the country.
The senator from Massachusetts will ensure enforcement of the Hate Crimes Act and appropriate resources for the training of state and local officials in identifying, solving and prosecuting these crimes at the state level.
Most voters have already made up their minds, though the few undecided ones could be critical, feel analysts.
The tape comes four days before Americans vote to elect a new president. The contenders are incumbent George W Bush and Democrat John Kerry.