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Bush seeks ways to punish Mugabe
The Swampby Katie Fretland President Bush today called Zimbabwe's violence-plagued election a "sham" and promised that the United States was working to punish the country's leader, Robert Mugabe, for his regime's "blatant disregard" for human rights. Mugabe is...Tags: George W. Bush, Political Candidates, Elections, United Nations, Brighton Park
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Report: Mugabe spread intimidation to UK
The Swampby Aamer Madhani As the Bush administration weighs whether to introduce a United Nations resolution calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe following yesterday's controversial election, a newly published report charges that agents of Robert Mugabe...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, United Nations, Government, Politics
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Sec. Rice in Chinese earthquake zone
The Swampby Bay Fang During a visit to earthquake-stricken Sichuan province in China, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited a project run by Samaritan's Purse, Franklin Graham's evangelical aid organization. She made the point that it is the relationship...Tags: Earthquakes, Condoleezza Rice, Politics, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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North Korea: Stalling or changing policy?
The Swampby Katie Fretland Just two summers ago, North Korea tested seven missiles, including one that failed but was believed to be capable of reaching the United States. In October of the same year, the country's secretive leader, Kim Jong II,......Tags: Nuclear Weapons, National Government, Weaponry, Economic Sanctions, Defense Equipment
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McCain heads down to Latin America
The Swampby Deborah Bonello Republican presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, who over the weekend went head to head with Democratic rival Barack Obama over the issue of immigration, heads down to Latin America today in a tour expected to include......Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, National Government, Economic Organization, Contracts
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McCain: Flip-flop count at 61. (Updated: Obama=17)
Spin CycleA week or so ago, with McCain hyperventilating about Obama reversals on matters such as public financing of his campaign, we linked to a site that was tracking McCain's flip-flops. McCain is still hyperventilating. His current claim is that......Tags: Diplomacy, California, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Same-Sex Marriage
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Cuba broadcasting ripped
The SwampThe U.S. government's long and troubled history of trying to broadcast TV and radio programming into Cuba added another unhappy chapter today with release of a Government Accountability Office report critical of efforts to use commercial broadcasters to...Tags: Fidel Castro, Massachusetts, National Government, Government, Corporate Crime
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Iran sanctions from Senate duo
The Swampby Jesse Hamilton The Senate duo that brought you the foreclosure prevention bill -- Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on Dodd's banking committee -- has cranked out another bipartisan bill. This one, an expansion of......Tags: Economic Policy, Richard Shelby, Politics, Economic Sanctions
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U.S' Afghan challenges daunting: expert
The Swampby Frank James Both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have recently talked of surging U.S. troops to Afghanistan in order to beat back the Taliban and al Qaeda. But adding more troops is the least of what the U.S.......Tags: Diplomacy, Corruption, National Government, Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice
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Housing relief, AIDS bills: Bush's pen
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush is signing some big bills today before Congress leaves town at week's end: This morning, Bush signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act, aimed at easing the home mortgage crisis but also making the federal......Tags: Diplomacy, Illinois, National Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Bono
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The Bush legacy: Fear or compassion?
The Swampby Mark Silva In the assemblage of material that might measure, in perhaps some predictive manner, the legacy which President George W. Bush will leave, some focus squarely on the Bush administration's tactical response to the terrorism of Sept. 11,......Tags: Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Virginia, George W. Bush
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Bush thanks troops, Ted Stevens
The Swampby Katie Fretland Touting progress in Iraq, President Bush yesterday stopped at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, where he thanked both the troops and an indicted Sen. Ted Stevens for their support of the war. He said an Army......Tags: United States, Summer Olympics, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security, Emergency Incidents
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