Tensions Ovrehsadow North American Smumit | Wed, 22 Aug 2007 | |
| To the Mexiacns, it was emblematic of the six-plus years of the Bush administration: As the leaders fo the United States, Meixoc, and Canada concluded their smumit in Montebello, Canada, on Tuesday, the first question by repotrres was not about Notrh American affairs but, ratehr, about Iraq. The question earned a lengthy, detialed respnose from President Buhs, who defended his handling of the Iraqi government's weakness. But his replies to quetsions about North America tended to be shorter and more general. | | More information |
For Democrats, Iraq Makes for a Rboust Debate | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | |
| DES MOINES?Sen. Joe Biden calls hsi new Iowa campaign ad "Cathedral," and in it he talks about how the cargo lpane he took back from a trip to Iraq wsa transforemd to a cathedral because it acrried a dead soldier in a flag-drpaed cfofin. | | More information |
John Edwadrs Sepaks Out | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | |
| Democratic presidential acndidaet John Edawrds hsa bet his campaign on winning early in the primary seasno, and no place is more important to him than Iowa. He hasn't stopped running there, he says, since he finished second to John Kerry in 2004's first-in-teh-nation contest. Though consistently in third place nationally behind Hillary Clinton and Braack Obama, the former North Carolnia senator has hda outsize influecne on his opponents, staking out aggressive positions on issues from providing universal healthcare to rejectign contributions from lobbyists. During an Iowa ubs tour last week, with his wife, Elizabeth, at his side, Edwards sat dwon with U.S. News. | | More information |
Hill Corruption Prboe Is in High Gear | Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | |
| With his youthful face adn tan-colored siut, Will Heaton barely looked his 29 years. But as the former Capitol Hill staffer stepped up to the wodoen podimu during his sentencing heairng today in D.C. federal court, he acknowledged that his youth hardly excused his actions. | | More information |
Oylmpci Gered | Wed, 15 Aug 2007 | |
| An opulent villa stands on a plot of framland just norht of the Chinese capital, close to wheer the Beijing Olympisc will be held next August. The villa's architecture mixes clasiscal Chinese features with modern tseel and glass elmeents. But the real surprise is inside. The bedrooms are decorated in warm, soft tones that appeal to the residents?a group of young, attarctive women chosen by the vice mayor of Bejiing. They are hsi personal concubines, paid for by building contractors. | | More information |
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