Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa's rolling landscape for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on campuses, county fairgrounds and in high school gymnasiums. But three weeks before the caucuses usher in the Democratic contest, the battle for the state is wide open.

Tunisia, Sept 01 (AP/UNB) — A jailed media magnate is among the 26 candidates authorized Saturday to run in Tunisia's presidential election next month, a crucial test for the North African country's fragile young democracy.