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Former President Bill Clinton says the next president's job will be to get the U.S. "out of the ditch." Clinton told a rally of Barack Obama supporters in Las Vegas Sunday that the Democratic presidential hopeful was the best candidate to free up the credit markets, revive the economy and restore the country's image abroad. Clinton says when he saw how Obama handled the economic crisis, "I said to myself, this guy can be president."

Ditch US in terror war, say 80pc of Britons By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent and Philip Johnston (Filed: 17/08/2006) A majority of British people wants the Government to adopt an even more "aggressive" foreign policy to combat international terrorism, according to an opinion poll conducted after the arrests of 24 terrorism suspects last week. However - by a margin of more than five to one - the public wants Tony Blair to split from President George W Bush and either go it alone in the "war on terror", or work more closely with Europe. Divided state: The public wants...

EU hosts last-ditch talks on Iran Western powers suspect Iran's nuclear ambitions are not peaceful The EU is set to hold last-minute talks with Iran - at Tehran's request - to try to resolve a stand-off over Iran's controversial nuclear programme. Iran requested the meeting with envoys from Britain, France and Germany. Foreign ministers from the EU-3 will also discuss the issue at separate talks in London with their counterparts from the US, Russia and China. On Thursday, the UN nuclear watchdog is due to hold urgent talks and could refer Iran to the UN Security Council. The EU and...

MIDI - ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY - scroll down on the site until you find it Back to Crawford Cindy went...she sits down inside her tent There's a handful there who will say that they care She is nuts, it's evident She'll be camping in the ditch...she has really found her niche There is love and peace...followers get fleeced She is up for her performance She says that she was the spark who got it started That happened at the instant when her mind had departed She takes her show on the road...she is a pantload She'll moan again, naturally...

Citing public safety concerns, not a desire to limit anti-war demonstrators, McLennan County commissioners on Tuesday approved an order to prohibit parking along 23 miles of county roads surrounding President Bush's Crawford-area ranch. In a 4-1 vote, commissioners and County Judge Jim Lewis ordered no parking or stopping of vehicles along portions of Prairie Chapel, Hester, Old Beulah, Morgan, Mattlage, Homestead, Quiet Valley, Canaan Church, Coryell City, Bohne, Spross, Castle Creek and West Middle Bosque roads. The vote comes nearly two weeks after the end of anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's monthlong peace vigil near the Bush ranch. The controversial vigil...

...When Cindy walked through the gate, there were a few people who booed and hissed, but I don't think Cindy was able to hear them over the cheers of her supporters. A few moments later in the lobby of the airport, Cindy was givine a quick statement to the assembled media and activists, when the airport intercom interrupted with the following message: (Paraphrasing) "Welcome to Waco Texas: Bush country. Passengers going to Dallas, flight 1234, please prepare to board at gate 2" This elicited a few cheers from the anti-peace supporters int he airport. I'm sure they thought they got...

I have received dozens of emails with this heading: Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids. I think of all the name calling and unnecessary and untrue trashing of my character, this one offends me the most. What do the people who send me this message mean?

On Anderson Cooper 8/15/2005; COOPER: You were also quoted as saying, "My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism." How responsible do you believe Israel is for the amount of terrorism in the world? SHEEHAN: I didn't say that. COOPER: You didn't say that? OK. SHEEHAN: I didn't -- I didn't say -- I didn't say that my son died for Israel. I've never said that. I saw somebody wrote that and it wasn't my words. Those aren't even words that I...

Abandoning one of his most far-reaching and controversial proposals since taking office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to withdraw his plan to eliminate 88 regulatory and policy-setting boards and commissions, sources close to the governor said Wednesday. In a letter the administration plans to deliver to the state's Little Hoover Commission today, Schwarzenegger concedes the proposal needs further review. Members of the commission, which has held hearings on Schwarzenegger's proposal and plans to release a highly critical assessment at its meeting next Thursday, have already recommended that the government reorganization be scaled back substantially. Included on Schwarzenegger's hit list were...

Kerry Promises to Crack Down on Crime in Corporate Offices By DAVID M. HALBFINGER OSTON, Dec. 11 — Senator John Kerry said on Thursday that he would crack down on abuses in the mutual fund industry if elected president and called for expanding the antiracketeering laws to fight a "new age of organized crime that comes from corporate offices." Speaking at Northeastern University, Mr. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said he would end the rapid-fire, quick-turnaround trades known as market timing, in which fund managers and big investors have been allowed to profit at the expense of long-term shareholders. "In America...

Woman found dead in ditch near Slaton BY KERRY DRENNAN AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Rosa Palacio cannot imagine why anyone would want to harm her daughter, Cynthia, whom she described as kind-hearted, fun-loving and a devoted mother. "Why? Why? Why her? I just want to know why," she said as she dabbed tears. It was a noon newscast that prompted her to call the Sheriff's Office to see if the body found early Tuesday morning was that of 21-year-old Cynthia JoAnn Palacio. "I started shaking," Rosa Palacio said. "I felt like something was wrong. I tried to ignore it. I didn't want to...

Democrats plan to take one last shot at blocking one of President Bush's judicial nominees while they still control the Senate, hoping to defeat the promotion of a former aide to retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond. The Senate set aside most of Monday to debate the appeals court nomination of U.S. District Judge Dennis Shedd. While under its current Democratic control, the chamber has only debated an appeals court nominations when party leaders wanted to kill it. Shedd is a former assistant to the 99-year-old Thurmond, who will retire in January. Thurmond, R-S.C., has asked for Shedd's promotion to the 4th...