Politicians in the United States have found an innovative way of exposing the bad sides of their rivals. They hire trackers ? people armed with video cameras ? whose job it is to track their political rival?s every move, in the hope of getting a good scene of the rival doing something politically incorrect or just plain stupid

As Germany approaches elections on September 18, 2005, the heads of the country?s two major parties are debating on television and conducting campaigns that closely resemble political campaigns in the United States. It is expected that the Social Democratic Party will fall behind the Christian Democratic Union, prompting a change of chancellor.