Mr.Karzai pledged his government will spend the next five years fighting corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The election in February had left Mr Rafsanjani fighting for the last of Tehran's 30 seats.

ECONOMIST: A man for nearly all seasons

While Mr Rumsfeld is fighting for his job, Mr Snow can crow that America's economy over the past nine months has grown at its fastest pace in almost two decades.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

Mr Rudd's campaign strategy has been to avoid fighting Mr Howard on economic management, the government's biggest strength.

ECONOMIST: Australia's opposition