The sound and the fury

BBC News Online collects together the best audio and video highlights of the battle for the White House:

Wednesday 15 November

The latest official results declared by Florida's chief election official show George W Bush still ahead in the race for the White House - but only by a whisker. Mr Bush is now just 300 votes clear of Democrat rival Al Gore - down from nearly 1,800 on election night and 1,000 after the first recount. The BBC's Nick Bryant reports from Washington.

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Friday 10 November

Brian Barron reports for the BBC on the tensions in the rival camps with a week to go before official results from the crucial Florida recount are known. The Bush campaign says its man has won; Al Gore's team says the election is not over yet.

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Thursday 9 November

Confusion over the outcome of the US presidential election escalated as Florida failed to complete its recount as scheduled. The BBC's Stephen Sackur explains why US troops in Kosovo could decide the presidency.

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Wednesday 8 November

After a night of wildly changing fortunes for the two candidates in the United States presidential election, George W Bush and Al Gore, the outcome is still not clear. The BBC's David Dimbleby looks back at the twists and turns of an extraordinary night.

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Tuesday 7 November

The two leading contenders in the American presidential election, the Democrat, Al Gore and the Republican, George W. Bush have been making their final pitch for votes in whirlwind visits to crucial states. It is the closest run race for the White House for 40 years, and could be decided by just a million voters. The BBC's Nick Bryant reports.

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Sunday 5 November

With two days of campaigning left in the race for the White House, the two American presidential contenders make a last-ditch effort to persuade voters in the key battle-ground states. The BBC's Stephen Sackur reports.

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Saturday 4 November

George W. Bush approaches his last few days of polling with renewed interest in his past. The republican frontrunner has been forced to admit that he was caught drink-driving twenty four years ago. The BBC's Tom Carver asseses what damage, if any, the revelation will do to his campaign.

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Friday 3 November

Will the real Al Gore please stand-up? Critics of the vice-president say he is not on the same wavelength as his fellow-Americans. His supporters claim he is a regular guy. The BBC's Huw Edwards weighs up the evidence.

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Thursday 2 November

The BBC's Nick Bryant concentrates on Washington - not DC but Missouri. Both town and state have a good record of picking winners.

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Tuesday 31 October

With the clock ticking to the elections, neither Vice President Al Gore nor the republican George W. Bush have managed to open up a decisive lead in the polls. They are concentrating on the so-called "battleground states", trying to win over the undecided voters who hold the key to victory. The BBC's Gavin Hewitt has travelled with both candidates to the state of Wisconsin.

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The state of Florida faces legal action to restore the voting rights of an estimated half million people with criminal records. Nationwide, four million former felons cannot take part in the election. As the BBC's Malcolm Brabant reports from Miami, a disproportionate number of those deprived of their vote are black, and campaigners argue it is a racist policy.

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Monday 30 October

"The only candidate addressing the issues" - not Gore or Bush but, according to his supporters, the Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Claire Bolderson examins the appeal of the "anti-corporate" campaigner.

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Monday 30 October

Richard Haas, Director of Foreign Policies at the Brookings Institute in Washington says that while both candidates are reluctant to talk about foreign policy, Mr Bush differs from Mr Gore in several key areas.

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Saturday, 28 October

Philippa Thomas on the road in New Hampshire with the Bush camp as both campaigns work hard in the "swing states" that could deliver the presidency.

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BBC One's Panorama programme investigates the campaign.

Peter Marshall looks at allegations of "dirty tricks" traded between the Bush and Gore camps.

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He also speaks to the Duren family who say they had been the victims of aggressive telephone polling techniques during the Republican primary contest.

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