G-8 Leaders Trade Conflicting Views on Warming

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 6 — As thousands of protesters clashed with police nearby, President Bush and leaders of other industrial nations traded markedly opposing views here Wednesday on how to combat global warming.
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Bush Insists ‘Russia Is Not Our Enemy’

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — President Bush on Tuesday accused Russia of backsliding on democratic reforms but promised President Vladmir Putin he has nothing to fear from a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe. “The Cold War is over,” Bush insisted.
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Opportunity in a Lawmaker’s Fall

Indictments and corruption scandals can mean one member of Congress’s demise but become another’s bounty, with key vacancies created on prized committees when ethics probes force lawmakers to step aside.
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Rise and Fall: Lewis ’scooter’ Libby

The downfall of Lewis Scooter Libby, one of the leading figures in the Bush administration, was completed today with his jailing for two and a half years.
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Letters Cast Light on Cheney’s Inner Circle

For nearly seven years, the office of the vice president has been a virtual black hole for information about the Bush administration. But yesterday, a series of letters aimed at securing leniency for Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, provided a small, if sel…
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Libby Given 30 Months in Prison

Former senior Bush administration aide Lewis Scooter Libby was sentenced to two and a half years in prison today after being found guilty earlier this year of perjury.
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THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE: Scoring the Contenders

Hosted by CNN, tonight’s Democratic Presidential Debate featured two hours of roaming commentary by eight candidates, six of whom can be considered contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination (the remaining two serving as agent provocateurs). Who won? Who lost?
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Political Consulting

Political consulting is the business which has grown up around advising and assisting political campaigns, primarily in the United States.
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Sharon Stone and Bernard-henri Lévy in Race for the White House

Italian video artist returns to form with spoof US presidential commercials.
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The Canadian Dilemma : Doctors Who Flip Hamburgers

Immigrants arrive in Canada buoyed with high hopes, intent of giving of their best. How come then so many qualified immigrants end up in low end jobs, some even on the unemployment rolls? How come a high percentage end up leaving, returning home or moving to another immigrant destination?
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