WASHINGTON – President Bush and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (search) discussed their mutual interest in opening up world trade markets for agriculture and other products Tuesday. Bush told reporters at the end of the closed-door White House meeting that the pair focused on peace and prosperity. He said …
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10 January
Raw Data: Reactions to Nomination
WASHINGTON – Here are statements that various members of Congress and other figures made in reaction to President Bush’s selection of federal appellate court Judge Samuel Alito (search) Monday to be a member of the U.S. Supreme Court: ——— “Judge Alito’s reputation has only grown over the span of his …
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10 January
Transcript: Time to Buy in Sunshine State?
This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” October 25, 2005, that was edited for clarity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GOV. JEB BUSH, R-FLA.: It’s possible to say that tomorrow is going to be better than today, and, a week from now, the recovery will be full-blown. (END …
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10 January
Woman Fired After Seeing Husband Off to War
CALEDONIA, Mich. – A woman who took an unpaid leave of absence from work to see her husband off to war has been fired after failing to show up for her part-time receptionist job the day following his departure. “It was a shock,” said Suzette Boler (search), a 40-year-old mother …
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10 January
Study: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Works
The first major study of an experimental vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (search) found it was 100 percent effective, in the short term, at blocking the disease and lesions likely to turn cancerous, drug maker Merck & Co said. Gardasil (search), a genetically engineered vaccine, blocks infection with two of …
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10 January
Ney Spends $136,000 in Legal Expenses for Abramoff Probe
WASHINGTON – House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney (search) has spent nearly $136,000 from his campaign fund on legal expenses over the past six months in connection with what his lawyer calls “unfounded allegations” of favoritism involving indicted Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s re-election campaign paid the law firm of …
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10 January
Saddam Lawyer Seeks Three-Month Adjournment
BAGHDAD, Iraq – The lawyer for Saddam Hussein said Tuesday he will ask a tribunal for a three-month adjournment of the former Iraqi dictator’s trial for a 1982 massacre. Saddam and seven senior members of his 23-year regime go on trial Wednesday to face charges they ordered the killings of …
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10 January
Turkey and Romania Seek to Eradicate Bird Flu
ISTANBUL, Turkey – The slaughter of thousands of domestic fowl in Turkey (search) and Romania (search) began Sunday as a precaution against the spread of bird flu after both countries confirmed their first cases of the disease over the weekend. It has not been determined in either country that the …
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10 January
Behemoth Pumpkins in R.I., Calif.
WARREN, R.I. – A Rhode Island welder won a contest for the biggest pumpkin Monday with an entry weighing 1,443 pounds, while a retired Washington firefighter won a similar contest in California (search) with an entry weighing 1,229 pounds. Scott Palmer took top honors at the 12th annual Rhode Island …
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10 January
Attacker Wounds Four in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suicide attacker rammed a car laden with explosives into an armored vehicle carrying British government officials Sunday in southern Afghanistan, wounding four of them, a U.S.-led coalition commander said. The four Britons were traveling in a Land Cruiser in Kandahar (search) city when the suicide bomber …
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