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Relaxing at the ranch. Planning to write a book. Light-hearted banter with the White House press corps. A Middle East peace initiative.
President Bush may not want to admit it, but those activities are all the hallmarks of a lame-duck president,...
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For the first time in post-Soviet Russia, tanks and nuclear missile launchers are to rumble across Red Square on Friday, in a seemingly fearsome parade of military might.
The message to the world, two days after Dmitry Medvedev succeeds Vladimir Putin...
Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more...
Voters in Indiana have received a barrage of campaign statements and posturing over the past few weeks, as their role in this Democratic Primary is becoming central to the future of the 2008 election. But among all of that information, there are five...
An enchanting new apple variety has been launched this week that doesn’t go brown when cut and exposed to air.
The new apple has been developed by Western Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Food as part of the Australian National...
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has met Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, to discuss the removal of roadblocks dotting the occupied Palestinian territory of West Bank.
Democrat Barack Obama said Sunday the federal government might need to rethink its support for corn ethanol because of rising food prices, a stance similar to Republican John McCain’s but at odds with farm states considered important to the...
When the fat-blocker Alli hit pharmacy shelves last June, hopeful consumers stampeded for the first government-approved over-the-counter weight-loss drug. But it didn’t take long for the troublesome side effects such as not being able to control your...
A top Iranian judiciary official has warned against the “destructive” cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.In the latest salvo in a more than decade-old government campaign against Barbie,...
U.S. missiles destroyed the house of the man identified by the U.S. military as the top al-Qaida commander in Somalia, killing him and 10 others Thursday in a pre-dawn attack that analysts warned could torpedo peace talks.
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