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If you want to know what Americans think, try being a Canadian voice on their radio dial. In search of election fever, I am sitting in the downtown studio at 590 WVLK, Lexington's most tuned in talk radio station — but the disembodied voices coming through my worn headphones want to know more about Canada's "free health care" system than rattle on about their own presidential election. "I haven't made up my mind on Bahama, or whatever his name is," says Jim, a caller who's joined a loud chorus who believe Republican John McCain is a liberal in wolf's clothing....

Election Fever Catches on in Saudi Arabia Fri Feb 4, 1:50 PM ET World - AP By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Phone text messages beep candidates' praise and their pictures are splashed in newspaper ads and on billboards across Saudi Arabia's capital — a surprising scene in a country where the depiction of the human face is considered un-Islamic and the idea of even talking about elections used to be considered taboo. AP Photo True, the country's first nationwide elections, beginning next Thursday, are only for local councils, with voters electing half of the councils'...

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico (Reuters) - Normally a sleepy refuge for aging hippies and wealthy retirees, this cobblestone town in Mexico's mountainous heartland is abuzz with U.S. election fever as campaigners clamor for their votes.   For the roughly 5,000 Americans living here, political get-togethers have disrupted a leisurely routine of sculpture classes and tennis, and pro- or anti-Bush badges are suddenly de rigueur as Democrats and Republicans fish for support from expatriates.   "People are talking a lot about politics because of the terrible way the last election was decided," said New York-born Barbara Lichter, who has...