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In an interview with The Daily News, Gov. David A. Paterson and his wife, Michelle, confirmed having both had extramarital affairs in the past.“This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point,but I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what [...]

Ralph Nader anti-establishment consumer advocate has announced plans to run again for the US presidency in a televised interview, NBC’s Meetthe Press, on Sunday.”I’m running for president,” said Ralph Nader.Ralph Nader, 73, was born in Connecticut in 1934 and was educated at Princeton and Harvard universities.
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses to sweep all five weekend Democratic contests.Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton has appointed a new campaign manager a day after this weekend’s setbacks.Barack Obama said that he has the ability to bring people together,and is the one that can beat John McCain more effectively.Hillary Clinton: 1104 delegates, 13 states.Barack [...]

Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition, accused Saturday, President Mwai Kibaki, to sabotage the mediation efforts under way in Kenya, insisting that the political crisis related to his re-election contested on December 27 resolved by the courts.At the African Union summit held in the Ethiopian capital,Addis Ababa, the head of State of Kenya,President Mwai Kibaki, [...]

The President of the Italian Council, Romano Prodi, whose centre-left government lost a confidence vote by the Senate by 161 votes against and 156 in favour on Thursday night Jan. 24, handed to President Giorgio Napolitano the resignation of his government.
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has begun, Wednesday, January 23, to mediate in Kenya, in an environment that remains tense.Former UN Secretary-General is to meet President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday, as attempts to end the crisis that followed the announcement, on December 30, the disputed election of President Kibaki.
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Hillary Clinton,a New York senator,claimed victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses 51 percent of the vote to score her second win over Senator Barack Obama of Illinois in the Democratic nomination race.
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President Pervez Musharraf lifted the six-week old state of emergency and restored the Constitution on Saturday, after passing a flurry of constitutional amendments and decrees to ensure that his recent actions would not be challenged by any court.

Prime Minister John Howard said that if will transform Australia from a welfare state to an “opportunity society” and said he would retire “well into” a three-year term if he wins office at the Nov. 24 election.
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Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a memoir that he was misled by President George W. Bush and political adviser Karl Rove and other top officials into misinforming the press about a CIA leak case about the Iraq war.McClellan said in an excerpt released on Tuesday,”There was one problem. It was not [...]

Pakistan Police said they lifted the house arrest of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.Zahid Abbas, a senior police official said “The government has withdrawn the detention order,”
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Hundreds of policemen and prison guards have strengthened the cordon around the opposition leader Benazir Bhutto house in Lahore in a bid to stop her from leading a planned protest march this week.
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In an interview broadcast Sunday night on “60 Minutes,” French President Nicolas Sarkozy walked out clearly upset about a question posed by the correspondent Lesley Stahl about his marriage.Watch Video

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew to Baghdad today on his first official visit to Iraq since being installed as head of government in June.Mr Brown went straight into a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart, Nuri al-Maliki, where  Gordon Brown discussed the issue of British troop withdrawals from Basra, in the south of the country.

What will you do if you get $190 billion (94 billion pounds) ? According to the Pentagon the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost at least $190 billion (94 billion pounds) in 2008.Secretary of Defense Robert Gates asked Congress to approve the funding.

Many academic institutions including UT Austin have brought in controversial speakers. What is the limit when it comes to guest speakers?Few speakers at academic institutions