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MIAMI (Reuters) - White House hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday accused his rival John McCain of favoring budget policies that would leave cities unable to pay for critical projects like flood-prevention systems and highways.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Violence and intimidation threaten Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election and the United States intends to bring the matter before the U.N. Security Council next week, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a radio interview on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration confirmed on Saturday that U.S. beef exporters are set to resume shipments, under certain restrictions, to South Korea, a step officials hope will provide resolution to a trade impasse that has become a major headache for both nations.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea, which reworked an unpopular U.S. beef import deal that sparked mass street protests, could soon resume imports once a legal step has been completed, the trade minister said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused the United States on Saturday of supporting a Sunni Muslim rebel group which said on Friday it had killed two of 16 Iranian policemen kidnapped last week in a volatile area near the border with Pakistan.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea, which reworked an unpopular U.S. beef import deal that sparked mass street protests, could soon resume imports once a legal step has been completed, the trade minister said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain two weeks after he clinched the nomination, a new poll published on Friday showed.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama said that Israel is justified in providing for its security amid the "extraordinary threat" posed to it by Iran.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Republican John McCain defended the North American Free Trade Agreement in Canada on Friday during an unusual foreign trip as a U.S. presidential candidate to draw a contrast with Barack Obama, his Democratic rival in the November election.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama raised $21.9 million in May, his campaign reported on Friday, a day after the Democratic candidate said he would reject public financing for his presidential bid.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush did not know about a White House effort to leak the identity of a CIA agent but tried to protect staffers who were involved in one of the biggest scandals of his administration, former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress on Friday.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Republicans to highlight the fact that he is black as part of an effort to make voters afraid of him.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Republican John McCain defended the North American Free Trade Agreement in Canada on Friday during an unusual foreign trip as a U.S. presidential candidate to draw a contrast with Barack Obama, his Democratic rival in the November election.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes North Korea will produce an overdue declaration of its nuclear programs "in the near future," said a U.S. official on Friday who held out the possibility it could come next week.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Brazil said on Friday it would seek as much as $4 billion in sanctions on U.S. imports after the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted a final ruling in a long-running dispute over Washington's cotton subsidies.

SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Director Spike Lee, whose movies often cast a sharp eye on U.S. racial politics, predicted a presidential victory for black Democrat Barack Obama that would mark a "new day" for the United States.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Worries about the economy and higher fuel costs dominated talks on Friday among U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama and Democratic governors, some of whom have been mentioned as his possible running mate.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday that could shield phone companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits for their participation in the warrantless surveillance program begun by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush did not know about a White House effort to leak the identity of a CIA agent but tried to protect staffers who were involved in one of the biggest scandals of his administration, former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress on Friday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - In an effort to restart U.S. beef shipments to South Korea, the U.S. beef industry is willing to ship beef from cattle under 30 months of age as requested by the Korea Import Beef Association, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said on Friday.