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Edwards to Continue ’08 Bid Despite Wife’s Cancer New York Times He said he and his wife recognized that it was no longer curable, though it could be managed with treatment. ..... meta-static, or stage four, breast cancer, meaning that it is an advanced stage that has spread beyond the breast and lymph nodes to other organs ...... 26.1 percent of patients with stage four cancer live five years or more. ....... Mr. Obama, whose mother died of breast cancer more than a decade ago ..... Mrs. Edwards received her original diagnosis of breast cancer at the end of the 2004 campaign, but deferred a public announcement until after the election results came in. Mr. Edwards has said he waited to announce a second bid for the presidency until he and Mrs. Edwards’s doctors were confident about her recovery. ..... he is leading in some early polls in Iowa ..... He has proposed an ambitious and expensive plan for universal health care. He would pay for the $90 billion to $120 billion health care plan by repealing the Bush-sponsored tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Edwards and Wife Plan News Conference New York Times, NY A decision by Mr. Edwards to withdraw, should he decide to do that, could have thus have a profound impact on the dynamics of this Democratic contest. ..... organizers had not been notified to cancel a long string of events scheduled before the end of March ..... A former bankruptcy lawyer, who often spends hours a day on the Internet, she is among the campaign’s chief advisers. ..... At age 48 and 50 she had two more children, saying it was the only way to bring joy back into their home

One Million Laptop Orders For Needy Children PC World Quanta is manufacturing the OLPC laptop, and mass production is the key to slashing its cost. Currently, the laptops cost around US$130, but the goal is to whittle down the price to $100. ....... the MIT Media Laboratory that launched the effort, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), and Linux software developer Red Hat Inc ...... The governments that have committed to buy laptops for their schoolchildren include Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Thailand and Uruguay. ..... Apple Inc., Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. are just some of the companies that farm out notebook PC orders to Quanta, which manufactures the products at factories in Taiwan and China.

Inspired Bangladesh stun listless India in World Cup Indian Muslims
US approves Ahmadinejad's UN visa Washington Post
Angelina Jolie Spotted In Hanoi For Son’s Visa Playfuls.com
Obama Brings Substance to His Message of Hope Bay Area Indymedia the election cycle’s “fresh face” with a powerful message .... made some concrete policy-based pledges on health care, education and the environment .... Attendees were not allowed into the rally unless they wrote down their contact info on their ticket stub .... a health care system that is “bankrupting families,” an education system that is “teaching too few,” and an energy crisis caused by a “lack of an energy policy.” ..... he specifically called for it to happen by the end of his first term, and he urged the crowd to hold him accountable on this pledge. Hillary Clinton has promised to get universal health care by the end of her second term
Obama Speaks in Oakland on War, Healthcare Daily Californian
Barack Obama: A new style of politics? National Post
Net attack on Hillary Daily Telegraph
Bill Clinton Makes Rare Fundraising Pitch for Hillary ABC News
Net attack on Hillary Daily Telegraph
Excitement surrounds Denver Obama rally Sunday cw2.com
Clinton Takes Campaign To Texas abc7news.com
Nepal businesses in anti-Maoist strike Monsters and Critics.com
Millennium Star Amitabh Bachchan & Politics American Chronicle
Amitabh Bachchan gets nostalgic in the city of joy Apun Ka Choice
Work comes first for Amitabh Bachchan Apun Ka Choice
Amitabh Bachchan is giving producer Arindam Chaudhari sleepless Bollywood Premiere
Brand Beckham kicks off soccer’s American appeal Financial Times
Naomi Finally Does Something Useful: Mopping Playfuls.com

Four years on, Bush says Iraq success will take time (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
Iranian President granted US visa ITV.com
Islamabad street protests threaten Musharraf's power USA Today militants, or nuclear rival India, or an American Congress that is increasingly skeptical of the general's rate of return when it comes to the U.S.-led war on terrorism. ...... In an unexpected show of force, hundreds of lawyers and opposition politicians clashed with police ..... "If anybody thinks maintaining a dictatorship is easy — this is not Burma or Egypt. People will stand up" ...... For almost a full week, Pakistan's major cities have seen a surge of violent protests against Musharraf's regime, pitting lawyers and intellectuals in bloody confrontation with the police. The spontaneous political reaction surprised many Pakistanis ...... could snowball into an even larger movement. At their core is a new middle class which, with greater access to electronic media ..... I think they're ready to take bullets again ..... the more the Musharraf regime cracks down, the more it appears to fan the fires of resentment and depletes whatever shreds of goodwill remain ...... Musharraf will attempt aggressive measures to hold onto power, including postponing elections or declaring a state of emergency.
Dell ships 1TB consumer PCs PC Advisor
New Google Phone to rival Blackberry and Apple iPhone? Bigmouthmedia News
Google 'admits to phone project' Times Online
Toshiba announces HD-DVD integration to Satellite Afterdawn.com
Toshiba Ready To Fight Back In The HD Format Wars CrunchGear
Cisco and Microsoft Battle Over Web Conferencing Redmondmag.com
How WebEx went the Cisco route CNET News.com
Microsoft Pays Companies To Use Live NewsFactor Network
Yahoo! Finance Market Share 52 times Bigger than Google Finance Search Engine Watch
IBM Softens Focus on Using Linux PCs Computerworld
Linux rising at IBM InfoWorld
University of Kentucky Gets 16-Teraflop IBM Supercomputer HPCwire
New IBM Supercomputer Thrusts University of Kentucky Into Top Ranks WM Experts (press release) up to 16.3 trillion calculations per second.
Industry-Focused, Standards-Based Oracle Solutions For Asian SMBs SMBedge (press release)
Is Wal-Mart Leaving the Money Business? Don’t Bank on It AMERICAN.COM
US May Talk With Members of New Palestinian Government Voice of America
PlayStation 3 Is Ready To Conquer Europe Playfuls.com
Barely Dead, Organs Harvested Playfuls.com
New practices in organ donation inspire debate San Francisco Chronicle
Taliban kidnappings rise, but style differs from Al Qaeda Christian Science Monitor
Poll: 84 Percent In Baghdad Feel Unsafe Playfuls.com

Why Would Google Want a Phone? Washington Post
Opposition Leader Says Zimbabwe Oppression at New Level Voice of America Morgan Tsvangirai, founding president of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change ..... the weekend assault with an iron bar on an opposition leader Nelson Chimasa at the airport, in full view of the public .... hit squads, unidentified men unidentified vehicles .... Mugabe is a violent man and he does not hide it ..... for the first time, real dissent in the ranks of Zanu-PF .... there is a difference between professional policemen, and members of Mugabe's youth militia, who had personalized their hatred of him and the broad opposition. ..... the other faction of the MDC is preparing to go to court for an urgent application for the release of their president, Arthur Mutambara, who was arrested Saturday at Harare International Airport when he tried to board a plane for Johannesburg. ..... Two other prominent opposition activists severely beaten in police custody, Grace Kwinjeh and elderly Sekai Holland, were taken to the airport on stretchers, but were not allowed to board their private aircraft, had their passports confiscated, and were sent under police escort back to the hospital.
Zimbabwe warns on support to opposition Houston Chronicle
Zimbabwe threatens to expel diplomats Mail & Guardian Online
Airbus Superjumbo Takes a Lap Around America New York Times the rock star of the aviation world. .... will take off from there in a celebratory “flight to nowhere” and circle over Manhattan tomorrow ..... the $300 million craft. ..... the late 1990s, when it predicted that at least 10 North American carriers would buy 281 superjumbos. ..... more than 300 miles of wires in the A380 ..... The delivery problems have cost Airbus $3.3 billion so far, and led to the layoffs of thousands of employees as well as the ouster of the chief executive. ..... Lufthansa, one of Airbus’s core customers, put in an order for 20 stretch 747s. ..... the craft is certified to carry up to 853 — about twice the number carried in the biggest version of the Boeing 747. ...... Its wingspan is almost as long as a football field, and it is eight stories tall, meaning airports have had to come up with special double-deck passenger gates so that passengers can enter the plane on two different levels. ....... anything that increases the number of passengers without increasing the number of flights is welcome. ...... At Kennedy airport, planning for the A380 began a decade ago. ...... At Kennedy, where the runways were laid out in 1948, anticipating the A380 led to a $179 million modernization program. ........ making the case that the A380 will be more efficient in getting passengers on and off and can, for the most part, use existing runways. ..... “Wait until it flies over Manhattan,” he said. “It will block out the sun.”
Weekend recap: Tiger sinks late, Singh wins FOXSports.com
Poll: Fear, Anger, Stress Grip Iraqis Glens Falls Post-Star
British Diet Still Too Salty Says Agency Medical News Today

China finally passes landmark property rights law MercoPress
Private property legalised in China Radio Australia
China passes property law Hindu
China adopts landmark income tax, property laws The Statesman
Premier says world should not fear China Houston Chronicle
China’s diversification won’t hurt dollar, says Wen Financial Express
China's premier says Dalai Lama threatens national unity Kansas City Star China's Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday repeated claims that the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, threatens the unity of the nation and may be trying to separate his Himalayan homeland from China. ..... the "plots taken by secessionist forces" in Taiwan ..... praised Hong Kong for having the "freest economy in the world." ..... Speaking for two hours from a rostrum bedecked with flowers, Wen discounted any chance that he would meet with the Dalai Lama ...... Wen said that the Dalai Lama advocates "a so-called high degree of autonomy for Tibet," which he indicated was unrealistic. ...... he actually asked for all the Chinese troops to withdraw from Tibet and he even asked for all the Han people to leave Tibet ...... In recent years, he's affirmed that he wants autonomy for Tibet, not independence, but China doesn't believe him. ...... China finished a 715-mile railway linking the nation to Lhasa ..... Last week, the Dalai Lama said Han Chinese, who make up 93 percent of China's vast population, are flooding into Tibet. ....... The population of Lhasa, which stood at 20,000 people in 1950, is climbing toward 300,000 people, and Beijing has a target of letting it grow to 700,000 ...... Envoys of the Dalai Lama and Beijing have held five rounds of talks since 2002 ...... his passing could unleash more confrontational approaches. ..... "Hong Kong's role as an international financial center, shipping center and trade center cannot be replaced by any other city." ...... on March 25 an elite 800-member election committee will choose between a pro-democracy lawmaker and the Beijing-backed incumbent, who's seeking a new term.
China shouldn't be feared, country's premier says Los Angeles Times
China Says Dalai Lama Should End Sabotage Playfuls.com Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama should give up ideas about independence for Tibet adding the door of dialogue is open for China and Tibet. ... "We need to watch what he does," said Wen.
Ballmer on Google: Same FUD, Different Day InformationWeek Microsoft will never have any success in Web-based, advertising-supported services for two reasons. First, it doesn't trust the model -- Microsoft is unwilling to give away for free any service that might be really useful. And second, it doesn't trust its customers. .... Microsoft publishes the most widely used text editor, spreadsheet, and presentation application on the planet. It should be able to do Web-based productivity better than anybody, but it doesn't. Google Docs & Spreadsheets wins by a mile.
Affordable Internet service with WiMax Malaysia Star the group’s nationwide Internet rollout plan. .... “We are very happy and thankful to MCMC (Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission) and the Government for entrusting us with the 2.3GHz,” he said, adding that REDTone would be announcing its nationwide Internet rollout plan with its partner in the next two weeks. ..... “Our plan is very comprehensive. High-speed mobile Internet will have a major impact on businesses and individuals in terms of communication and their way of life. ..... using Skype – a free voice over Internet Protocol (VoiP) solution – on mobile phones, which helps to reduce cost.
interview: Amitabh Bachchan HindiSong.com
WiMax sales soar ComputerWeekly.com
Fresh notice issued to Samajwadi MP Jaya Bachchan Zee News
Wal-Mart Scraps Banking, Accuses "Manufactured Controversy" Playfuls.com
Beckham hopes to increase soccer's profile TSN.ca
Global Warming Makes US Winter Warmer and Drier, Kills Crops Playfuls.com
Earth warmest during December-February The News - International
Winter warmth breaks all records BBC News The combined land and ocean surface temperature from December to February was 0.72C (1.3F) above average. ...... The 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1995. ..... 2007 could be the hottest year on record. ..... temperatures would probably rise by between 1.8C and 4C by the end of the century, though increases as small as 1.1C (2F) or as large as 6.4C (11.5F) were possible.
I will always love Paul, but he's tight with money NEWS.com.au

Big powers reach agreement on Iran sanctions Reuters Canada
MLA slips out from jail in Bihar Times Now.tv
Barack Obama Pledges No Personal Attacks NewsMax.com
Obama runs off the Road Map American Thinker
Obama remark draws fire from Jews DesMoinesRegister.com he supports relaxing restrictions on aid to the Palestinians, provided the Palestinian government renounces terrorism. ..... "nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people" as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis .... a short question-and-answer session with Obama and about 40 Democratic activists who met privately for 30 minutes. ...... the Israeli government would have to make difficult concessions for the peace process to restart ..... Jewish voters .... nationally they make up a large bloc of active voters and financial contributors .... a Democratic primary where the Jewish vote is highly contested ...... the learning curve for the candidate
Support for Barack Obama Surges, According to The Harris Poll PR Newswire (press release) Obama has increased his support substantially since a previous poll in early February, and his support is now almost as strong as that for Senator Hillary Clinton..... between March 1 and 12, 2007. ...Among Independents, people are slightly more likely to consider voting for Obama (42%) than for Clinton (36%). In February Clinton led Obama by 40 percent to 35 percent
Dems favor Hillary Clinton for 2008, poll shows CNN
Hillary Clinton Claims Right-Wing Conspiracy Is Alive and Well FOX News
Kerry’s camp ruled out Clinton as running mate in 2004, says book Boston Herald Clinton was quickly ruled out because quiet polling found she was too polarizing .... Clinton said around that time that she would not have been interested in the job if the Massachusetts senator asked her. .... Clinton was on a list of about 25 possibilities drawn up early in the search process.
Should Troops in Iraq be Withdrawn By 2008? WSAV-TV
GOP works to defeat measure calling for Iraq withdrawal Kansas City Star
US Senate Agrees to Debate Iraq Resolution Voice of America
Maoists kill 49 police officers in India Irish Times
FACTBOX-Platform of new Palestinian government Reuters AlertNet
Zimbabwe tells critics "Go hang" over condemnation (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
Zimbabwe's Mugabe tells West go hang after abuse charge Reuters AlertNet
Security tight in China riot town BBC News riots that involved as many as 20,000 people. ..... protests began after a local firm took over the town's bus routes and doubled the fares. ..... the official Xinhua news agency, which played down the incident. .... the protesters believe they have won because the bus company has since brought its prices back down ..... There are at least 200 protests of differing sizes each day, official figures show, although many do not get any publicity.
CHINA: Calm restored in protest-wracked Hunan town Asia Pacific Media Network
China: One killed and 60 injured in riot over transport price hikes Infoshop News
Shweta is too shy to do films: Amitabh Bachchan SantaBanta.com
Amitabh Bachchan encourages visually impaired children Apun Ka Choice
Dell to users: What do you want in a Linux machine Computerworld Malaysia
Dell, Alienware Ship Systems With One Terabyte Drives CrunchGear
Soccer Notebook: Emotional Beckham says goodbye to fans Daily Breeze
Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP, Intel, Phillips Lobby For High-Speed ... All Headline News The coalition of tech giants are lobbying the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to "allow idle TV channels, known as white space, to be used to beam the Internet into homes and offices" .... a TV-spectrum system makes the most sense in rural settings, where cable and phone lines are expensive to deploy. Small firms, however, can build towers, beam white-space spectrum to farm homes and cabins .... The new TV Internet system would create stiff competition for cable companies and telcos. .... the coalition hopes to release the product by 2009. .... the proposed system could work well in urban areas where many cannot afford $60 a month for cable Internet. .... a TV Internet system might somehow be combined with phone- or cable-provided Internet service to redirect signals through every wall of a house or office ..... A document filed with the FCC by six partners stated, "As the world's largest producers of consumer electronics, software, semiconductors, personal computers, and peripheral devices, the Coalition's members stand ready to commit substantial resources to bring these advancements to consumers."
High-tech bigshots want to beam Internet into homes via TV Daily Mail - Charleston
Tech Giants Pushing Use of Airwaves for Internet Marketing Vox News
Viacom v. Google could shape digital future Moneyweb
Red Hat launches new Linux system Seattle Post Intelligencer
Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5 Ars Technica
Tech firms eyeing Net on TV airwaves Seattle Times, WA
Tech Firms Push to Use TV Airwaves for Internet Zeropaid, CA
Tech Group Pushes TV-based Internet Playfuls.com, Romania
Tech group pushes TV-based Internet Market-Day.net, AZ
Tech group pushes TV-based Internet United Press International
Information technology and enterprise computing in city, state ... ZDNet.com blogs
Broadcast broadband ZDNet.com blogs Backed by a coalition that includes Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP and Philips, a prototype device created by Microsoft has been sent to the FCC for testing. ..... Broadcast frequencies in the television signal range can reach much further than those used in 802.11 / WiFi networks. A WiFi network that used television frequencies could, theoretically, blanket a city with Internet service. ..... Wireless networks, satellite providers, WiMax and even powerline Internet access are all options that show promise, and high prices would provide necessary cover as they enter the market. Once there, the resulting competition would help to push prices downwards.
Microsoft, Tech Firms Lobby FCC to Approve Internet-Over-TV Device Digital Media Wire, CA
Google, Microsoft To Invade White Space? WebProNews, KY “The telephone companies are terrified they’ll lose 40% of their wireless minutes, because you’ll be able to connect from work or home and bypass their wireless networks.”
Using TV Airwaves For Internet Hard OCP, TX
Microsoft, Google, and others pushing for Internet over TV airwaves engadget, CA
MS, Google Eye New Broadband Delivery BroadbandReports.com, NY

Amitabh Bachchan to play theatre veteran in "Curtain Call" Hindu
Bachchan avoids cricket due to superstition GG2.net Amitabh Bachchan avoids watching live telecasts of cricket matches involving India because he believes whenever he does so his home team loses.... "That`s why I watch it after the results." ... is confident India will bring home the World Cup. ... "The team is good in all departments," he said. "The blessings of the entire nation are with the Indian cricket team."
Goldman Sachs reports $3.2 bn profit RTE.ie Goldman Sachs posted its best quarterly earnings ever today on record trading and banking results, despite expectations that were recently lowered amid fears that mortgage market woes and volatile stocks would hurt results. The largest investment bank by market value said net profit increased to a record $3.20 billion in the three months ended Feburay, up from of $2.48 billion in the year-ago period. .....Goldman reported net revenue up 22% to a record $12.73 billion.
Goldman Sachs reports record profit Irish Times robust trading gains and investment banking fees. .... Goldman is the first of the Wall Street investment banks to report first-quarter results, with Lehman Brothers Holdings, Bear Stearns, and Morgan Stanley due in the coming days.
Goldman Sachs Posts a 29 Percent Gain New York Times Trading and principal investments brought in $9.1 billion in revenue for the first quarter, a 36 percent increase powered largely by its bond and equities trading operations. .... investment banking business reported $1.72 billion ..... strength in its advisory and debt underwriting areas. .... it paid $6.1 billion in compensation and benefits ...... gains of $227 million from its stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. .... “While market conditions will regularly shift, we are confident that our client-driven strategy will continue to produce the strongest results for the firm”

Top general: Homosexuality is immoral USA Today
General Stands by Stance Against Gay Troops New York Times
Sir, homosexuality is not immoral, sir! Chicago Tribune
Nepal: PM's Turnaround & Prachanda's Trepidation NewsBlaze
Bihar assembly adopts censure motion against Raj Thakerey India eNews.com
How Congress might rein in US war policy Christian Science Monitor The confrontation between Congress and the White House over Iraq is developing into perhaps the most heated confrontation since Vietnam over one of the most basic aspects of the US Constitution – its allocation of the power to make war. ...... Their power to raise questions, via hearings and investigations, can be almost as important as their ability to cut off funds. ...... Congress today is not as roiled as it was in the late 1960s and early '70s. "We're not there yet" ..... Cheney in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lambasted members of Congress who back legislative attempts to place restrictions on what President Bush can do in Iraq. ...... Reid (D) of Nevada said in a statement that America is less safe today because of the war. ..... how hard it is for Congress to strike a consensus over difficult questions of war and peace. ..... Congress has the authority to declare war, and to raise and support military forces. The president is the commander in chief. ...... New England and the Federalist Party, for instance, bitterly opposed the War of 1812. They managed to force the resignation of President James Madison's secretary of War, but in the nationalist surge that followed the war's end, the Federalist Party collapsed. ..... During the Civil War, Congress held extensive hearings to try to push Union generals to further action. President Abraham Lincoln had a difficult time simply keeping Republicans in Congress united. ..... In 1969, Congress used the power of the purse, passing a bill that prevented use of US money to fight in Laos or Thailand. That provision was eventually stretched to cover Cambodia. In 1974, after US combat troops were withdrawn, Congress cut aid to the South Vietnamese government almost in half, to $700 million. Saigon fell in the spring of 1975.
Kidnapping incident will further tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea Times Online
Can Barack Obama Become President? AlterNet
Democrat fury over Fox chief’s Obama joke Times Online
Should Barack Obama Really Be O'Bama? Post Chronicle
Clinton: Right-wing Conspiracy Is Back Guardian Unlimited
Clinton scores a hit Boston Globe
I am Indian, I don't have anything in Nepal: Subba India eNews.com
Subba denies allegation, says he is Indian Daily News & Analysis
BJP demands Subba’s expulsion from LS Assam Tribune
Nepal: UN Concerned About Remaining Fighters, Weapons Stratfor
'Nepal Maoists not confined yet' BBC News
Ethnic Nepalis try to break centuries'-old power Reuters AlertNet up pops a wave of ethnic groups threatening to derail the peace process with violent protests and strikes. ..... the ethnic movements are trying to break a centuries'-old stranglehold by the country's top Hindu castes. .... Gyanendra's government which was ousted last year was largely from the Chhetris caste. It has been replaced by a coalition government dominated by Brahmins. .... now that Maoist leaders have joined the interim parliament, their former supporters from among the lower castes and ethnic groups feel their grievances are being ignored. ...... the government has to be seriously committed, otherwise another civil war will start in the country if the neglect continues ..... First came the Madhesi movement, claiming to represent Nepalis from the southern plains. The Madhesis have an advantage over other ethnic groups because they control supply routes to the capital Kathmandu. ..... They're demanding proportional representation in the elections and an ethnic-federalist structure in the new constitution. The government and the Maoists have vaguely agreed to both, but have not yet held promised negotiations with the protestors. ...... Ian Martin said that if Nepal fails to include traditionally marginalised groups in the peace process, the country will lose a crucial opportunity to address some of the main causes of the conflict. He also said the June elections may not go ahead as planned because of the current level of unrest. ..... International Crisis Group has warned that, unless these ethnic and caste fissures are addressed, among other issues, "violent conflict may emerge once more".

Some See Clinton's JFK Comment as Aimed at Obama U.S. News & World Report she compared herself to John F. Kennedy and his effort to overcome perceptions that a Catholic could never win the presidency in 1960. ...... some Democratic strategists consider this an effort by Clinton to elbow her way into a theme that Obama has promoted across the country -- that he is the true heir of Jack Kennedy as he attempts to be elected the first African American president and overcome perceptions that a Black candidate cannot be elected in 2008. .... "The Hillary folks seem to be more worried about Obama at this point than we thought," said a senior Democratic Strategist.
Obama To Make Bay Area Appearance Saturday NBC11.com
Poll: Giuliani, Clinton top their presidential rivals in Nevada KVOA.com
Will Clinton Win The War Of Attrition? NBC 11.com That war will be waged not just here in New Hampshire, but in the 15 to 20 primaries which states with costly media markets such as California and Texas are now moving to schedule on one day: Feb. 5. ..... the Feb. 5 mega-primary day might eclipse the state's first-in-the-nation primary, especially if Clinton loses the Granite State primary but goes on to outlast her rivals in the Feb. 5 contests. ..... New Hampshire Democrats don't like the idea of a Clinton Dynasty ..... Clinton is a kind of anti-Wellstone. ...... Iraq war as a crime. I'm looking for whoever didn't vote for this war ...... After her speech, other Democrats gave Clinton polite reviews, but were still holding their options open. ...... Obama called today
Clinton's Harvard Fans Head North Harvard Crimson The Harvard students were invited to a roundtable discussion with a senior Clinton campaign staffer to discuss campaign initiatives on- and off-campus. .... Clinton opened the discussion session with Darfur and global warming, the two major issues that the students had told a campaign manager most concerned college students, said Rahul Prabhakar ’09, co-chair of Harvard Students for Hillary.
Nepal PM says king should step down voluntarily Islamic Republic News Agency
Nepal king, crown prince dealt fresh blow Times of IndiaKing Gyanendra ordered the construction of a double gate inside the main gate of his Narayanhity palace for better fortification and sent his trouble-prone son, crown prince Paras to the royal family's former hunting lodge at Gokarna to stay out of trouble. .... an MP telling parliament on Monday that Paras was masterminding the recent spate of criminal activities in the capital .... including last week's planting of crude bombs at the residence of two prominent citizens, Devendra Raj Pandey and Krishna Pahadi. ..... the palace was conspiring to kill senior American officials in Nepal to put the blame on his party, known to be at loggerheads with the US. ..... the rebels have been given a CD by their army contacts. The tape, undisclosed so far, contains the blueprint of the operation. .... "With his behaviour, activities and trying to destabilise the country, the king has shot himself in his own foot and opened the door for democracy," Koirala said.
35 injured, indefinite curfew follows in southern Nepal PeaceJournalism.com
A timeline of the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region: Canada.com
Sudan government 'orchestrated Darfur crimes' Guardian Unlimited
Chirac a star on Iraq stage, flop at home The Age
China pledges to accelerate drive to market economy Financial Express
Lawyers in Pakistan boycott courts The Tribune
Pakistani Lawyers Clash With Police FOX News
Gore launches 'yoof' TV, with a little help from Google Times Online
The TV channel without programmes BBC News
I'm now doing a balancing act: Shweta Bachchan(INTERVIEW) Earthtimes.org
'If I don't do well, it's okay' Times of India
My face is not fit for acting at all: Shweta Bachchan SantaBanta.com
Moody teens: the excuse is chemistry Sydney Morning Herald

Pig In The Barn, Ailes At Fox News

Fox, Barack, Islam
Rush Limbaugh: Idiot
Advice To Keith Olbermann
Media Smear On Obama's Name
Wolf Hitler, I mean Bitler, Blitler, Whatever
Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'Rama, Whatever The F___ His Name Is
Barack, Fox, MLK, Mandela
Bill O'Reilly: A Right Wing Gadfly

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Obama compared to Osama News24
Obama and Fox New York Times Mr. Ailes, at an awards dinner, had said this: “And it is true that Barack Obama is on the move. I don’t know if it’s true that President Bush called (Pakistani President Pervez) Musharraf and said, ‘Why can’t we catch this guy?’” ...... Mr. Obama remarked on Sunday:

I didn’t take great offense at the joke,” Obama said in an Associated Press interview while campaigning in Iowa. “I have been called worse.”

..... pressure mounted for Nevada to drop Fox as a sponsor. Earlier in the week, fellow Democratic candidate John Edwards informed Markos Moulitsas, of DailyKos, in an email from a campaign spokesman, Jonathan Prince, that he would not attend...... Edwards wasn’t even aware of the controversy between the activists, including MoveOn.org, Fox and Nevada Democrats .... “I saw the list of debates that we had and the list of things we’re doing specific in Nevada, and I said, ‘Why are we doing Fox?’ I said, ‘No, tell them no.’ ” Asked whether he knew about the bloggers’ concerns, Edwards said, “I didn’t personally know, no.” ...... I was generically aware that the Net-roots hates Fox.
OBAMA RESPONDS TO FOX NEWS CHIEF’S BAD JOKE: Fox’s Roger Ailes ... Eurweb.com Citing an off-putting comment by Fox News chief Roger Ailes about Senator Barack Obama, the Nevada Democratic Party announced Friday it had canceled an August debate that would’ve been co-hosted by the cable channel. ....... "I didn't take great offense at the joke," Obama said in an Associated Press interview while campaigning in Iowa. "I have been called worse." ..... Nevada Democrats already were under criticism by MoveOn.org Civic Action, a network of liberal activists, for the partnership with Fox, which the group called "a mouthpiece for the Republican party."
Michelle Obama Steps Up Role In Husband's Campaign WBBM780 Michelle Obama, an extraordinary stump speaker and potentially one of Sen. Barack Obama's most effective surrogates, is poised to step up her role in her husband's presidential campaign. ...... "I hate following my wife," Obama joked, speaking at a New York fund-raiser Friday night after being introduced by Michelle. When someone in the crowd yelled that Michelle should run, Obama said, "Yeah, she's too smart to run. It is true my wife is smarter, better looking. She's a little meaner than I am." ...... Michelle Obama switched her University of Chicago job to part time ...... "I want to assure everyone who's really deeply worried about us -- you know they worry about our safety and how we're going to hold it together as a family ... because politics is a rough and tumble sport.... We're ready for this because we really don't have any other choice."
Report: Clinton, Obama battling early United Press International an early and sharp start .... Clinton, D-N.Y., has been dogging remarks and events by Obama, D-Ill., in an unusually early sparring match ....... For Clinton's part, her campaign managers have been working to blunt Obama's perceived momentum ..... Clinton is running as an establishment candidate with an emphasis on "proven leadership," while Obama is "all about authentic, inspirational leadership. ..... Obama would be making a huge mistake to try to be Hillary, and Hillary would be making a huge mistake to try to be Obama
Obama, Clinton Sparring Early Focus News
Q&A with Barack Obama Muscatine Journal
Up-close with the candidate: Local Dems get some time alone with Obama Muscatine Journal
Candidate packs the house during meet-and-greet at West Middle School Muscatine Journal

Bill Clinton: University Of Miami

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Bush won't engage in fight with Chavez Houston Chronicle
No warm welcome for Bush Regina Leader-Post (subscription)
US, Iran no closer after Iraq's multi-national meeting Los Angeles Times
Congress sets '08 for Iraq pullout Kentucky.com
Elizabeth Hurley's Media Troubles In India Playfuls.com
NASA Fires Arrested Astronaut New York Times
Reaction to Coulter's slur hints at shift in view of gays San Francisco Chronicle
Gingrich Had Affair During Clinton Probe abc7.com
Rudy's Private Life May Hurt Run WXIA-TV
Rudy Giuliani or Ann Coulter? - You Decide... Student Operated Press
In tight race, Rudy has the legs to win Chicago Tribune
2 colleges of Bihar running unrecognised courses Hindustan Times
Gingrich Admits to Affair While Pursuing Clinton Over Lewinsky ABC News
Gingrich admits to affair during Lewinsky scandal Independent
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McCain Is 1970s, Hillary Is 1990s, Edwards Is 2004, Obama Is Today

McCain is not even in the game. The guy even looks tired. Hillary had all the sizzlesazzle in the 1990s. She was great. And she is more like Ted Kenney than Bobby Kennedy, destined to be a great Senator. Edwards tried his lucky charm the last time around. He gave us Bush. How do you forgive that?

Obama is for today. He opposed the Iraq War from day one at a time when that was the lonely thing to do. That pretty much separates him from the rest of the bunch.

Obama's presidency will finally launch the new century in America. Bush turned the clock backwards. A recent global poll showed the citizens of the world put the US in the same league of displeasure as Iran and North Korea. Bush earned that for the US.

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Obama Campaign Energizes HLS Harvard Crimson Loeb University Professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62, who employed Obama as a research assistant when the senator was still a student, said that Obama had the potential to become one of the best presidents in United States history. ..... “We are dealing with someone who has a chance of being the greatest president since Franklin Roosevelt,” Tribe said. ..... He briefly paused, and then he added, “Well, maybe I could drop the Franklin Roosevelt part.”
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Governing China Caught between right and left, town and country FOUR years of double-digit growth, soaring government revenues, low inflation and a manageable budget deficit might be cause for celebration in other countries. But China's leaders are anxious. Inequalities are growing, corruption is rampant, grumbling widespread. Ideological battles between free-marketeers and left-wingers threaten to impede reform. ..... Three years ago China added a clause to its constitution saying that private property was “not to be encroached upon”. .... Direct criticism of leaders is still virtually taboo in China. .... the leadership itself invited discussion by publishing a draft of the law in 2005—a very unusual move in a country that normally keeps its legislative processes shrouded in secrecy. ..... it would be unprecedented for delegates to reject a bill. .... Sweeping privatisation of housing since the late 1990s has radically changed the social and political fabric of urban China. ..... the number of “mass incidents” in China had fallen to about 23,000 last year from 26,000 in 2005. ..... Since 2004 leaders have vowed to build a “harmonious society”, making it risky for low-level governments to report data suggesting that unrest is growing. ..... party regulations still give unelected party chiefs the final say over village affairs ...... the frequent sale of state-owned enterprises at rock-bottom prices to their managers .... It says the sale of state assets to corrupt officials, the super rich and foreign multinationals is illegal and unconstitutional. Among the more than 3,200 signatories are seven former government ministers or deputy ministers, five former provincial leaders, a sprinkling of retired senior military officers and about 50 professors at the party's Central School, an academy for top officials. ...... State-owned enterprises with no hope of turning a profit will “exit the market” by 2008. ..... what party leaders announced in late 2005 would be a “new socialist countryside” with subsidised health care and free schooling for all. ..... A medical-insurance scheme, launched in 2003, is to cover 80% of rural areas by the end of this year, up from 50% at present. The aim is to have complete coverage by 2010. ..... The armed forces have enjoyed double-digit budget increases for most of the past 15 years. The leadership knows well whom it really needs to keep happy.

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China's next revolution Economist .... A new property law is a breakthrough, even though it raises hopes that one-party rule may dash .... China has such a large and flourishing private sector, accounting for some two-thirds of ..... In 2004 China changed the country's constitution to enshrine private-property rights. But the constitution is less a prescriptive document than a constantly changing description of what has just happened. So nothing changed. .... some “collective” or “state” enterprises operate in ways indistinguishable from the private interests of their bosses ...... should an underdog try to use the new law to enforce his rights, the corrupt and pliant judiciary would usually ensure he was wasting his time. ....... a government that does its best to silence most dissenting voices, strictly controls the press, and lavishes resources on the best cyber-censorship money can buy. Property rights are a start; but only contested politics and relatively open media can ensure that they are enforceable. ........ the dozing NPC delegates may have started a process this month that will one day change their country completely.
Winds of change 2007 seems to be shaping up as the “year of global warming” ..... urged rich countries to combat global warming or risk seeing global GDP cut by 20% by 2200 ..... global warming would cause the world’s temperature to rise by somewhere in the range of 1.1-6.4ºC by 2100. ..... By 2020, governments are supposed to lower emissions to 20% below those of 1990 ..... anthropogenic global warming .... So far, the EU’s ambitious plans for emissions cuts have underwhelmed in execution. ...... the issue of short-termism. .... carbon will have a price beyond 2012, at least until 2020. That should persuade companies to build a carbon price into their investment plans ..... energy-intense industries will squawk. .... California and Europe are travelling hand-in-hand along their green path ...... if America does not act, Europe will undoubtedly, at some point, give up on greenery.
Lexington Slow train coming John McCain is a more powerful presidential candidate than he currently appears .... Giuliani is a flawed front-runner ..... He has a foul temper and a mean streak as wide as the Hudson river. “Absolutely not,” was the response of Ed Koch, another former New York mayor and a political rival, to the suggestion that Mr Giuliani is a racist. “He's nasty to everybody.” ...... His campaign may collapse as quickly as it inflated. ..... Mr Romney has a long record of managerial competence—a huge selling point after George Bush's serial incompetences. ...... a quarter of Americans claim that they would not vote for a Mormon .... His biggest weakness has to do with age rather than ideology. .... his face is visibly scarred from bouts with skin cancer.
Bangladesh One begum down The generals show who's boss .... the administration has announced plans to create a National Security Council—in effect an admission by the army's top brass that it has become impossible to govern the country from behind the curtain any longer. ..... The council will include the chiefs of the three branches of the armed forces. To give the arrangement a more acceptable gloss, it will also bring in civilians, and will be led by the head of the interim government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, a former World Bank official. ...... Dhaka is now in an excited state. The military-backed administration still enjoys widespread public support from a public disillusioned with the corruption and eternal feuding of the big parties. ..... The summer monsoon pushes the local elections—likely to be held before parliamentary elections as a test—to the final quarter of 2008 and national polls into early 2009. ...... Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel-prize-winning microcredit pioneer. But his attempt to build a new political force probably needs the army's backing, which Mr Yunus will want to avoid.
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Clinton launches drive to break "glass ceiling" Reuters the "hardest and highest" glass ceiling ... opened a "Women for Hillary" program that plans to use the Internet to enlist thousands of activists into a Women Leaders Network on behalf of her campaign. ..... Clinton won more than 70 percent of the women's vote in her runaway 2006 Senate re-election victory .... "Guess what, I'm a woman, and I know it's on people's minds," Clinton said at the luncheon. "To all those who say a woman cannot be elected president, I say 'we'll never know unless we try' and that is what I am going to do in this campaign." .... Clinton said she would introduce legislation to ensure equal pay for women.
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