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Life for US TV presenter killing13 Nov 09 | AmericasShortly before the attack, the presenter had a small role as a conservative commentator in W, the Oliver Stone film about President George W Bush.
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US man guilty of newsreader death11 Nov 09 | Americas
Shortly before the attack, the presenter had had a small role in W, the Oliver Stone film about President George W Bush, as a conservative commentator.
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Does US recognise threat from home grown terror?11 Nov 09Jeremy Paxman is joined by Michael Chertoff, US Secretary for Homeland Security under President George W Bush, to discuss if the US recognises the threat it faces from home grown terror.
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Charles Taylor 'duped' by Nigeria10 Nov 09 | AfricaAfter Mr Obasanjo said Liberia's new government was free to take Mr Taylor into custody, the former Liberian leader suddenly disappeared while Mr Obasanjo was on his way to Washington to meet his US counterpart, George W Bush. Then, equally suddenly, the Nigerians announced that they had...
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Republicans win key US elections04 Nov 09 | AmericasIn New Jersey, the incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine had fought a bitter campaign against his Republican rival Chris Christie, not only attacking him over his ties to former President George W Bush and his views on abortion and healthcare, but also poking fun at his weight. Mr Christie...
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US Election: Where are they now?04 Nov 09The election campaign introduced us to Sarah Palin and Joe Biden and started the final days of George W Bush's presidency. But a year on, where are they now?
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Elections test US voters' mood03 Nov 09 | AmericasIn New Jersey, the incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine has been fighting a bitter campaign against his Republican rival Chris Christie, not only attacking him over his ties to former President George W Bush and his views on abortion and healthcare, but also poking fun at his weight.
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Obama honours Afghanistan dead29 Oct 09His predecessor, George W Bush, visited the families of dead troops but never received the bodies at the base, in Dover, Delaware. Jon Brain reports.
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John Howard defends his record on Iraq28 Oct 09He was described by George W Bush as a man of steel and a staunch defender of freedom. But what is his legacy and is Australia a stronger country now than when he took office?
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Should the US eliminate its nuclear stockpile?27 Oct 09Richard Burt who served under President Reagan and who now heads up the Global Zero campaign for nuclear disarmament and Richard Perle who served under President George W. Bush debate the options with Zeinab Badawi. Watch the full interview with Richard Perle and Ambassador Burt on HARDtalk on...
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Hardtalk - John HowardJohn Howard, 10 Nov 09The former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, was hailed by George W Bush as a man of steel and a staunch defender of freedom. His domestic opponents pilloried him with one leading political commentator calling him Australia's Richard Nixon.
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Blogs
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Afghanistan: now what?23 Oct 09 | Robin Lustig - World Tonight
It was Senator John Kerry, the man whom George W Bush beat in 2004, who eventually appears to have been able to sweet-talk the Afghan president into accepting a second round run-off. Problem solved?
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Thursday's Quote of the Day01 Oct 09 | Magazine Monitor - Magazine Monitor
- Former speechwriter for President George W Bush on why the Potter author may have missed out. This is the allegation from Matt Latimer as to why Ms Rowling never earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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On William Safire28 Sep 09 | William Crawley - Will & Testament
The picture shows Bill Safire receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush in 2006. ...
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God and the noughties11 Aug 09 | William Crawley - Will & Testament
Richard Dawkins says his literary agent advised him against writing The God Delusion in the mid-90s, but all that changed with the presidency of George W. Bush. The rise of an evangelical president pressing for something like a theocratic approach was, according to Dawkins, the perfect context for a...
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RIP iBOT: the stair-climbing wheelchair01 Jun 09 | Vaughan - The Ouch! Blog
'stair-climbing wheelchair' that caused great excitement back in 2003 when it was unveiled by its American inventor, Dean Kamen He's the man who was previously the brains behind the infamous Segway, the two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle on which - or rather off which - George W. Bush so...
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Timeline: United States of AmericaCountry profiles
Democrats lose 2000 November - Vice-president and Democrat candidate Al Gore and the Republican Party's George W Bush contest one of the closest presidential election races ever. Bush is initially declared the winner in the crucial state of Florida, but the margin is so small that there is an...
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Country profile: United States of AmericaCountry profiles
Mr Obama re-drew the US political map as he defeated Mr McCain, who struggled in vain to distance himself from the unpopular presidency of George W. Bush. As well as holding all the traditionally Democratic states, the Obama campaign captured a number of states once seen as Republican...
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History - Historic Figures: George W Bush (1946- )History
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History - Historic Figures: George Bush (1924 - )History
In 2000, his son George W Bush was elected president, the first time a father and son had been president since John Quincy Adams (1825 - 1829)
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History : British History Timeline
In response, US President George W Bush declared a worldwide 'war on terror'. 7 October 2001 Britain joins the US in strikes on Taleban-controlled Afghanistan British forces contributed to the initial US military strikes against the Islamic fundamentalist Taleban regime in Afghanistan - the first...
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News From Other Sources
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Poll: Democrats Now More Supportive Than16 Nov 09 | US News
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Germans' love of the wild west is bigger than16 Nov 09 | USA Today
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US coordinator for Alaska natgas project resigns16 Nov 09 | Reuters
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Sarah Palin's unfavorables far lower than Bernie16 Nov 09 | Washington Post
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National ID Program in Deep Trouble, As Budget is16 Nov 09 | CIO Magazine
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