McCain: Fight With Me For America
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POW…POW…POW…POW….. - my God maybe he is running to the well a wee bit to much. Too much taking about the hero he is and not answering WHY I AM PAYING $3 for a dozen of eggs. So, as an Independent I will be going Democratic this election.
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Rachel: “I’ve learnt about chickpeas!”
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Rachel has been crowned the winner of Big Brother 9, polling 51.3% of the final public vote.
After shouting “Thank you!” from inside the house, Rachel left clutching MikeyÂ’s yellow glass and stood watching the firework display from the stairs before she was met by Davina.
The highlights of Rachel’s interview:
On winning: “You dream about going in […]
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Rice hails historic Libya visit
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday on the first such visit in more than half a century, marking a new chapter in Washington’s reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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FEAR OVER RISE IN CHILD BRIDES
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LONDON - The number of girls in poor countries who marry before age 18 will double to 100 million in the next decade, putting many at risk from AIDS and childbirth complications, a report said yesterday.
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McCain Tops Obama’s Viewers
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The new Nielsen ratings for GOP nominee John McCain’s acceptance speech last night are out and they’re a shocker: He beat Sen Barack Obama’s record-shattering stadium speech, which drew 38.4 million, by about half a million, reaching 38.9 million.
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France’s education chief to the French: Learn English!
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This might come as something of a surprise to the members of the august Académie Française and to the rest of their countrymen or, more precisely, to their children, but in this back-to-school-season that is known as “la rentrée” in France, French education minister Xavier Darcos has two words of advice: Learn English.
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Turning a Taste for Home into a Win-Win for Trade
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WASHINGTON — Oscar Espinosa knows that the shortest path from an immigrant to his homeland passes through his stomach. For 13 years, the Nicaraguan worked baggage and cargo at Washington Dulles International Airport, first as a handler and then as a manager for Taca, the Salvadoran airline with daily flights between Central America and nine […]
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Hotel Near London Apologizes for Turning Away British Soldier
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LONDON, Sept. 4 — A British hotel apologized Thursday to a soldier refused lodging by a desk clerk who told him the hotel had a “no military personnel” policy.
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Experts Helping Palin Brush Up on Foreign Policy
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 4 — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is among several national security experts helping brief Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on foreign policy issues as she prepares to hit the campaign trail while cramming for a debate with her Democratic opponent, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.), in less than a […]
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Attempts to Aid Desperate Haitians Hindered by Floodwaters
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GONAIVES, Haiti, Sept. 4 — Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute aid Thursday at orphanages marooned by Tropical Storm Hanna, confining them to their base as desperate people begged for food and water outside.
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Despite U.S. Aid, Coca Cultivation On Rise in Andes
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COROICO, Bolivia — Benito Cocarico admits that some of the coca leaves he grows to sell as tea and a traditional pick-me-up are channeled off into the broad stream of the global cocaine trade. But as he trudges on the muddy trails of his farm, located in a region where the raw material for the […]
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Rice Primed for Historic Visit to Libya
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LISBON, Portugal, Sept. 5–Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to Libya Friday, making the first visit by the top U.S. diplomat to the once-pariah state in more than a half century and signaling a new chapter in Washington-Tripoli relations.
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Pentagon Urges Extended Pause in Iraq Drawdown
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Pentagon leaders have recommended to President Bush that the United States make no further troop reductions in Iraq this year, administration officials said yesterday.
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U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says
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The Bush administration has conducted an extensive spying operation on Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his staff and others in the Iraqi government, according to a new book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.
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Rice set for historic Libya visit, meeting Gaddafi
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LISBON (Reuters) - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55 years, signaling improved ties between the two countries.
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McCain accepts party’s nomination, promises jobs
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By Steve Holland
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday and said he had the scars to prove it in a speech that promised Americans “change is coming” if they elect him on November 4.
McCain accepted his party’s presidential nomination in a packed convention hall, insisting he can […]
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McCain vows to fight to change US
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John McCain has accepted the Republican Party’s candidacy for the White House in a speech to cheering supporters at the party’s national convention.
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Rescuers can’t get aid to starving Haitian city
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Haiti’s government has few resources to help. Rescue convoys have been blocked by floodwaters, although the U.N. World Food Program said Thursday it was sending a food-laden boat to Gonaives from the capital, Port-au-Prince, and would set up a base in the stricken city.
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Ukrainian president warns of coup
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The shockwaves from the Russian invasion of Georgia sparked a new crisis in Ukraine yesterday, as the pro-Western Orange coalition fell apart in acrimony.
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Israel May Get Second Female Premier
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JERUSALEM (Sept. 4) - For the first time since Golda Meir more than three decades ago, a woman is within reach of becoming the prime minister of Israel, a nation dominated by macho military men and a religious establishment with strict views on the role of women.
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