Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
CBS News - In 2004 George W. Bush posted what by today's lights was a solid win, and yet what coattails did he have? The Republicans made no net gain among governors; they added four U.S. senators (their biggest achievement) and a mere four U.S. house seats ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Daily Telegraph - Dubya is a gaffe-prone president but it's all too easy to do the same. An Argentinian, newly arrived in London, explained to me how he was put right in bar when he waved two fingers to order a couple more drinks. Luckily, a waitress explained the ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
The Independent - President George Bush and Israeli and Palestinian leaders ceremonially launched their new drive for Middle East peace yesterday, as Washington appointed a former supreme commander of Nato to head efforts to improve security relations between the foes >>> Read more Digital Chosunilbo - President ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Bloomberg - Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic Representative John Murtha said he is ``optimistic'' that House Democrats and President George W. Bush can agree on Iraq war funding after an earlier $50 billion proposal linked to troop withdrawals was blocked in >>> Read more International Herald Tribune ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Bloomberg - Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- A senior Chinese official denied that his country's foreign minister called an incident involving a U.S. aircraft carrier a ``misunderstanding'' and said China was upset over President George W. Bush's recent meeting with the >>> Read more Xinhua News Agency - ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Boston Globe - His son may be known as a big friend to Big Oil, but George Herbert Walker Bush is showing a green streak these days. The former president earlier this month installed a 33-foot-high, $14,000 electricity-generating wind turbine at Walker's Point, the >>> Read more ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
MSN UK News - President George W. Bush criticized Russian authorities on Monday for their heavy hand in breaking up weekend election demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin. Bush expressed deep concern over the detention of political leaders during the >>> Read more Sponsored by: a ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush meets Palestinian and Israeli leaders on Monday in a drive for Palestinian statehood before he leaves office in 14 months. Expectations are low for three days of meetings in Washington and nearby >>> Read more Sponsored ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Daily Telegraph - Its aim is to restart negotiations to settle once and for all the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The key players will be the host, President George W Bush, the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader who heads >>> Read more Times ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
BBC News - Australia's incoming Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will steer a course that puts some distance between Australia and the United States under President George W Bush. Mr Rudd's two major foreign policy initiatives will both highlight differences with the >>> Read more Sponsored ...
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