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Sat 08 Aug 2008McCain shakes up race with surprise choice
JOHN McCAIN has shaken up the US presidential race by choosing as his running mate Alaska governor Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old conservative who is almost unknown outside her own state.
Ms Palin is the first woman to run on a major party presidential ticket since Geraldine Ferraro was the Democrats' vice-presidential candidate in 1984.
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