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submitted by riverdrops 35 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
President Barack Obama issued an unprecedented video appeal to Iran today offering a 'new beginning' of diplomatic engagement to reverse decades of distrust and animosity between the two nations. In an extraordinary videotape, which will be aired today on selected networks in the Middle East... More
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submitted by blueheat 43 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
President George W Bush has told the Israeli government that he may be prepared to approve a future military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities if negotiations with Tehran break down, according to a senior Pentagon official. Despite the opposition of his own generals and widespread scepticism... More
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submitted by riverdrops 43 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
Iraq said for the first time yesterday that it wanted to set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from its territory. President Bush has long resisted a schedule for pulling his 145,000 soldiers out, arguing that it would play into the hands of insurgents. Nouri al-Maliki, the Shia Prime... More
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submitted by animaniac 43 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
Slowly and subtly, Barack Obama is wiping out every reason to vote for McCain More
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submitted by agabriel 44 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
President Bush has admitted to The Times that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a “guy really anxious for war” in Iraq. He said that his aim now was to leave his successor a legacy of international diplomacy for tackling Iran. More
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submitted by bafficio 45 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
There is only one real answer to Obama’s financial success: the internet. What Howard Dean, a previous candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, presaged in 2004 - when he raised $27m online for his campaign - has come to fruition only four years later with a candidate who is primed... More
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submitted by ghostdog 46 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
An airbase inside a mountain is the latest sign that North Korea, whose links to Syria’s nuclear programme came to light last week, is cranking up its military machine More
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submitted by bafficio 48 months ago, from timesonline.co.uk
The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war. The president and his advisers expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. Instead, we have a war that is costing more than anyone could have imagined. More
