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ASSOCIATED PRESS Click for photo gallery Loading new images… PHOTOS: Man Throws Shoes at Bush Last updated: 4:43 pmDecember 16, 2008 Posted: 3:14 pmDecember 16, 2008 The journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush was handed over to the Iraqi judiciary, an Iraqi [...]
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Now that the Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg has officially tossed her tiara into the U.S. Senate ring, a once-in-a-lifetime mix of liberal online activists and conservatives are lining up to oppose her. Among their concerns: Read more
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Was it silly of the Iraqi journalist Muntadar Al Zaidi (a reporter for a Cairo-based TV channel) to have thrown his shoes at George W. Bush this past Sunday, when the lame-duck, self-styled “war president” turned up at a press conference in Baghdad alongside Nouri Al Maliki, Iraq’s U.S.-puppet prime minister? Read more
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PARIS, Dec. 16 — Police found five sticks of dynamite in a landmark Paris department store Tuesday, after an unknown group warned that bombs were hidden there and threatened more attacks unless France withdraws its military forces from Afghanistan. Read more
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MACAU, China — The laid-off worker from Hunan province hung back from the baccarat table as his wife placed bets. He sipped water and explained how he justified traveling to this former Portuguese colony on China’s southern coast — the only place in the country where gambling is legal — and blowing $450 in savings [...]
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MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15 — An American anti-kidnapping negotiator, whose company says he has resolved almost 100 kidnapping cases in Latin America, was abducted by gunmen last week — while meeting with Mexican business executives and their bodyguards to discuss ways to thwart such crimes. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 12 — Rwanda and Congo have been backing rival rebel and militia groups locked in a violent conflict in eastern Congo that has displaced more than 250,000 civilians since August, according to a U.N. panel investigating sanctions violations. Read more
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The U.S. Secret Service yesterday defended its agents’ response to an Iraqi journalist who threw a pair of shoes at President Bush during a Baghdad news conference, saying that they acted with the proper balance of aggressiveness and restraint. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 — In hurling footwear and insults at President Bush, Muntadar al-Zaidi expressed what relatives said were his own frustrations with American policy in Iraq and made himself into an overnight celebrity in the Arab world. Read more
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria has drafted a document defining the boundaries of the occupied Golan Heights and was waiting for an Israeli reply through Turkish mediators, sources familiar with the talks said this week. Read more
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois lawmakers approved an inquiry on Monday into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Read more
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The Congress of the People, or Cope, is made up largely of defectors from the ANC, which has been in power continuously for 14 years. Read more
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Reuters – A trader watches his screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, December 15, 2008. (Brendan … Slideshow: Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video: Fmr. Nasdaq chairman accused of duping investors AP Related Quotes Symbol Price Change GS 66.46 0.00 MS 13.64 0.00 ^GSPC 868.57 0.00 HONG KONG – Most Asian stock markets [...]
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Play Video Reuters  – Bush’s ‘Iraqi kiss’ Slideshow: Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush Play Video Video: Shoes Fly at Bush ABC News Play Video Video: Angry Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes At Pres. Bush CBS 2 New York AP – An Iraqi man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime [...]
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The latest Batman blockbuster, ‘The Dark Knight’, has been voted Film of the Year by visitors to a cinema website, it was announced yesterday. Read more
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BAGHDAD (Dec. 15) – Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets Monday to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, as Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. [...]
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Some 100,000 ex-service personnel and NHS staff are at the centre of the scandal, which dates back years. Read more
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LOS ANGELES – A powerful storm slammed into California on Monday, producing heavy rain that collapsed a roof at an occupational school and forced hundreds to flee homes in an area devastated by recent wildfires. Read more
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Relatives of a victim of the Srebrenica massacre grieve at one of the 610 coffins containing the identified remains of their relative at the Srebrenica Memorial site July 10, 2005, in Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. Read more
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The prime minister of Britain, acting on a report about where MI5 determines that terror plots against the UK originate, and understandably still rattled after the Pakistan-based attack launched on Mumbai, told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that the buck needs to stop with him. From the Telegraph: “On a visit to Islamabad, the [...]