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submitted by agabriel 38 months ago, from iht.com
President George W. Bush made a valedictory visit on Sunday to Iraq, the country that will largely define his legacy, but the trip will more likely be remembered for the unscripted moment when an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at Bush's head and denounced him on live television as a "dog" who... More
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submitted by rodeox 39 months ago, from iht.com
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama spoke of sitting down for talks with Iran, an idea that Hillary Rodham Clinton publicly criticized. So the idea that Obama might choose Clinton as secretary of state might seem incongruous. But foreign policy advisers to both Clinton and Obama said... More
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submitted by chiasma 39 months ago, from iht.com
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain fought for votes in Pennsylvania, the only major Democratic state McCain is still aggressively contesting as his chances of winning Tuesday's presidential election appear increasingly dim. Even two Republicans once on McCain's short list for vice... More
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submitted by trippie48 40 months ago, from iht.com
Asked why he has been falling in polls since the financial crisis, Republican presidential candidate John McCain sums it up this way: "Cause life isn't fair." McCain chuckled as he made the remark Thursday on the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends" — not that trailing Democratic rival Barack... More
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submitted by rodeox 40 months ago, from iht.com
Senate leaders scheduled a Wednesday vote on a $700 billion financial bailout package after agreeing to add tax breaks and a higher limit for insured bank deposits in a bid to attract enough votes to reverse a shocking defeat in the House and send legislation to President George W. Bush by the end.. More
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submitted by grandie4 40 months ago, from iht.com
The day began with an agreement that U.S. government hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the United States. It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, warnings from an angry president and pleas from a Treasury secretary who knelt before the House... More
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submitted by trippie48 41 months ago, from iht.com
The world's major central banks banded together Thursday to inject as much as US$180 billion into global money markets in a bid to stave off the growing global financial crisis. The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank joined with the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss... More
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submitted by rodeox 41 months ago, from iht.com
As a senator, John McCain holds a reputation for diverging from many of his Republican colleagues on core party issues. Now, as the party's presidential candidate, his record and policy views are putting him at odds with the overarching party platform adopted this week. More
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submitted by riverdrops 41 months ago, from iht.com
In a significant reversal, the Bush administration has agreed to turn over documents that allegedly support allegations by a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that he was tortured while in American custody in Pakistan in early 2002, a British court said in a ruling Friday. More
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submitted by blueheat 42 months ago, from iht.com
Democrats gathering for their nominating convention are significantly more nervous about Senator Barack Obama's prospects this fall than they were a month ago, and are urging him to use the next four days to address weaknesses in his candidacy and lingering party divisions from the bitter... More
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submitted by grandie4 42 months ago, from iht.com
The Shiite-dominated government in Iraq is driving out many leaders of Sunni citizen patrols, the groups of former insurgents who joined the U.S. payroll and have been a major pillar in the decline in violence around the country. More
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submitted by agabriel 42 months ago, from iht.com
Growing doubts from scientists about the strength of the government's case against the late Bruce Ivins, the military researcher named as the anthrax killer, are forcing the Justice Department to begin disclosing more fully the scientific evidence it used to implicate him. More
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submitted by animaniac 42 months ago, from iht.com
The current credit crunch would not have been possible without a conscious effort by lenders, who have spent billions of dollars in advertising to change the language of home loans and, with it, Americans' attitudes toward debt. More
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submitted by bafficio 42 months ago, from iht.com
Russia's military offensive into Georgia has jolted the Bush administration's relationship with Moscow, senior officials said Thursday, forcing a wholesale reassessment of American dealings with Russia and jeopardizing talks on everything from halting Iran's nuclear ambitions to reducing strategic.. More
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submitted by chiasma 42 months ago, from iht.com
Al Qaeda's success in forging close ties to Pakistani militant groups has given it an increasingly secure haven in the mountainous tribal areas of Pakistan, the American government's senior terrorism analyst said Tuesday. Al Qaeda is more capable of attacking inside the United States than it was... More
