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Intrade market sees 12 pct chance Palin withdrawn

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The online prediction market Intrade sees an 12 percent chance Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be withdrawn as the Republican vice presidential nominee before the U.S. presidential election on November 4.

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Sarah Palin controversy stokes Mommy War

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - In America, where teenage pregnancy is a political issue and working moms subject to moral debate, the choice of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential pick has ignited a Mommy War.

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California budget impasse seen pressing on

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California will extend its record impasse over a state budget as Republicans in the legislature's minority craft a rival plan that Democrats are sure to kill this week or next, lawmakers and their aides said on Tuesday.

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Rice to visit Libya in landmark trip

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice will make a landmark trip to Libya this week, the first by a U.S. secretary of state in more than half a century, the State Department announced on Tuesday.

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Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - It garnered big applause in her first speech as Republican John McCain's vice presidential pick, but Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she rejected Congressional funds for the so-called "bridge to nowhere" has upset many Alaskans.

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Clooney's Obama fundraiser in Geneva a sellout

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
GENEVA (Reuters) - George Clooney has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama by headlining an exclusive event for Americans in Geneva, one of the world's most affluent cities.

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Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

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McCain defends Palin selection process

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Republican John McCain rallied behind his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin on Tuesday and his campaign accused Democrat Barack Obama of sexism for questioning her level of experience.

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Police, protesters clash near Republican convention

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Police in riot gear battled hundreds of protesters with pepper spray and smoke bombs and arrested 130 people on Monday at the start of the Republican presidential convention.

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Thousands protest at Republican convention

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Thousands of exuberant, sign-waving protesters filled the streets of St. Paul on Monday, as Republicans prepared for a low-key opening to their presidential nominating convention.

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With Gustav, Bush tries to avoid Katrina mistakes

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush warned on Monday the danger to the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Gustav was not over as he sought to assure Americans his administration had learned the lessons of the botched handling of Katrina in 2005.

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Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

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Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - It garnered big applause in her first speech as Republican John McCain's vice presidential pick, but Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's assertion that she rejected Congressional funds for the so-called "bridge to nowhere" has upset many Alaskans.

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Gustav, Palin steal McCain's Republican show

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Republicans opened their convention on Monday in a somber mood, with Hurricane Gustav's assault and Sarah Palin's announcement of the pregnancy of her unmarried teenage daughter overshadowing John McCain's show.

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McCain criticizes Bush on torture of prisoners

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST LOUIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, on Sunday issued some of his harshest criticism to date of the use of torture against terrorism suspects during President George W. Bush's administration.

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Bush to go to Texas to oversee hurricane response

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Sunday he will travel to Texas on Monday to visit an operations center that is coordinating Hurricane Gustav's emergency response and warned that the storm was "dangerous."

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Cheney's Georgia trip brings message to Russia

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney, one of Moscow's harshest critics, will go to Georgia and other former Soviet states this week to reinforce U.S. support for allies in Russia's backyard.

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Bush to skip Republican convention

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will not attend the Republican convention and will instead address the assembly via satellite so he can oversee the federal response to Hurricane Gustav, the White House said on Sunday.

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Gustav shakes up McCain's Republican convention

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
ST. PAUL (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav disrupted Republican John McCain's convention on Sunday -- President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney opted out of attending and Republicans considered shortening the event.

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Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report

Fri, 2024-03-29 10:06
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's decision to mount a troop "surge" in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.

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