"President George Bush will today defy White House tradition and official Chinese anger by joining the Dalai Lama in the US Capitol, where the spiritual leader will receive America's highest civilian honour.
The White House softened the slight to Beijing by keeping...
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If Americans are still wondering why the rest of the world isn't keen with the U.S., here's an example why. Right after addressing the UN on genocide in Darfur, the Bush administration is now telling the...
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"The Employment Relations Authority has ordered ACC to pay almost $10,000 to a woman who was unfairly dismissed, after she and other staff had been targeted in abusive emails.
Georgia Choveaux was hired by the Wellington office in August 2004 on a casual contract. She was to...
Mexico & Cuba are ready to play nice! Seems that Mexico's Calderon wants to be sure that just because there are Cubans, Mexico is not Cuba! Funny when the shoe is on the other foot..."A sharp increase in the number of Cubans crossing into the U.S. via Mexico requires a...
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"Top diplomats from Venezuela and the U.S. held rare talks aimed at improving relations, discussing a possible visit to Caracas by Washington's leading envoy for the Americas.
Relations between the two countries have been tense for years. The U.S. government accuses President...
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"Argentina's first lady
Sep 27th 2007
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner aims for the presidency
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s first lady, a popular...
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"The petition was sparked by two Irish family groups occupying a site on an unused corner of an overspill car park at the city's new Liberty Stadium.
Last week the 37-page petition, running to almost 1000 signatures, was served on the county council.
Now the Commission for...
""The two leaders will discuss the issues of climate change as well as bilateral, regional and international relations," Dino Patti Djalal said at the State Palace here Wednesday.
But he added the two countries...
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"MONTEBELLO, Quebec — President Bush, tending to relations with two border nations, sought Monday to invigorate his partnership with like-minded leaders of Canada and Mexico.
Bush arrived by mid-afternoon in...
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I don't know if teaching police officers how to skate will make them more cool, but it will give them the advantage in pursuit of perps who are trying to escape via half-pipe or stairway rail..."Police are being sent skateboarding in an attempt to cultivate a “cooler”...
"How much is good press worth? To the Bush administration, about $1.6 billion.
That's how much seven federal departments spent from 2003 through the second quarter of 2005 on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, media organizations and individuals,...
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Tokyo (ANTARA News) - The Japanese government acknowledges that
Indonesia has made progress in improving its investment climate so that
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will bring 150 top Japanese...
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""For President Chavez, this is a time to turn the page on previous conflicts," said a statement from the Venezuelan government.
"We love Mexico," Chavez said. "Mexico will always be necessary for us Latin...
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