Archive for 2008

Swayze is not giving up - Chicago Sun-Times

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Actor Patrick Swayze, whose battle with pancreatic cancer has netted him worldwide headlines, is back. Translation: Swayze's doctors have given him the OK to head back to Chicago next month to star in the FBI drama "The Beast >>> ...

Bush farewell trip to paper over cracks with Europe - Reuters India

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush begins a farewell tour of Europe on Monday when he arrives in Slovenia for an U.S.-EU summit which is expected to gloss over disputed issues such as climate change. In a sign of waning ambitions >>> Read more An ...

President George Bush begins farewell tour of Europe . . . and this - Times Online

Monday, June 9th, 2008

President Bush embarks today on his last important trip to Europe, a six-day swing that will include a dinner with Gordon Brown and a meeting with the Queen at Windsor Castle. The visit comes as many in Western Europe, including its leaders, are >>> Read more ...

U.S. lawmakers try to save Mexican drug fight plan - Reuters

Monday, June 9th, 2008

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers offered on Sunday to ease conditions tied to a $1.4 billion drug-fighting plan for Mexico and Central America after the Mexican government called it a threat to sovereignty. Mexico has rejected the so >>> Read more As U.S. President George W. ...

McCain s attack lines written - Mail & Guardian Online

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

When Gerald Ford took the oath of office at the end of the Watergate affair, he declared: "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over." Barack Obama did not use those words in Minnesota on Tuesday night, though plenty of his fellow >>> Read more Stoners. ...

Laura Bush hails Afghanistan’s rebirth - USA Today

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul on Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan's attempt at rebirth >>> Read more ...

Laura Bush visits Afghanistan, urges more support - International Herald Tribune

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan : U.S. First Lady Laura Bush, on an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday, appealed to the international community not to abandon the country in the face of resurgent Taliban violence. She arrived under tight security for an >>> Read more KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. ...

Fort Bend valedictorian sues for role in graduation - Houston Chronicle

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

A George Bush High School valedictorian barred from graduation ceremonies while school officials investigate a computer system breach is asking a Houston federal judge to force the Fort Bend school district to let him give his valedictory address >>> Read more In his time, he has been ...

Police nab man claiming to be Christ, George Bush - Baltimore Sun

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Jefferson County Jail inmate has quite a tale to tell about how he got there. The nude man claimed to be Jesus Christ and George Bush when sheriff's deputies shot him with a stun gun after he ignored their commands. A motorist >>> ...

Bush to take bow on European stage - Economic Times

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush heads to Europe Monday to ask leaders already sizing up his would-be successors for more help for Afghanistan, more pressure on Iran, and more cooperation on climate change. The White House hopes also for >>> Read more Macon, Ga.- George W, ...