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In a recent interview given to Al Jazeera, Paul Bremer discusses his tenure as head of the CPA in Iraq and some of the problems associated therewith. One of the more curious, though telling, passages comes as Bremer explains how one word supposedly proved detrimental to the Bush administration's...
New York Times says Hood was assigned to Pakistan since he was believed to be ‘crisis-tested’. There are quite a few red faces at the Pentagon this week since it became known that the controversial Maj Gen Jay W Hood the "commissar" of the Guantanamo detention colony, which lies beyond the...
It’s official: Jenna Bush and Henry Hager got married on Saturday! This made one of George W. Bush’s twin daughters the first daughter of a sitting United States president to exchange vows in 16 years. The down-home setting was a lakeside ceremony at President Bush’s secluded 1,600-acre Prairie...
Teenagers and young adults across Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies. Findings published today in BioMed Central's open access journal, BMC Public Health, reveal that a third of 16-35 year old males and a quarter of females surveyed are drinking alcohol to...
Robert Schlesinger's valuable and painstakingly researched book charts the history of presidential speechwriters from the age of Jackson to our age of spin. ... The pulpit wouldn't be so bully without them White House Ghosts Presidents and Their Speechwriters By Robert...
First Coast News PUTNAM COUNTY, FL -- The person of interest in a murder on the First Coast is still in Texas. 22-year old Toby Lowry is being questioned by police. Police in El Paso picked him up after a man spotted him panhandling along I-10 there. He was found with his...
CALGARY, April 30 /CNW/ - Power Within Inc. announced today that renowned health expert and Oprah Winfrey favorite, Dr. Oz, has been included in the speaker line up in Calgary on May 26, 2008. Dr. Oz is best known for his frequent appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show as...
Nearly 600 middle and high school students from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, plus Ghana and Mexico, will participate in the daylong Model UN Conference. Sixty percent of the participating students attend D.C. public schools. The list of schools participating in this year’s Model UN...
AWARD-winning Manchester company Organisation Development Services is celebrating a record start to 2008, with more than £500,000 of new business secured and three new appointments. ... The consultancy company, which won the Manchester Evening News Young Business of the...
10:29 PM CDT on Saturday, April 26, 2008 By PAUL MEYER and HOLLY K. HACKER / The Dallas Morning News For its 1999 graduation address, Southern Methodist University tapped a Texas governor riding bipartisan goodwill to record popularity. "His growing national stature will...
