January 31, 2008

Pressure off Olmert after Lebanon war report (Reuters)

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Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends a special session marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem January 28, 2008. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
looks certain to survive pressure to resign after a generally
critical report on Wednesday endorsed key decisions he took
during the 2006 war in Lebanon.


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Israel report finds Lebanon war a ’serious failure’ (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

An Israeli armored personnel carrier pushes into southern Lebanon through the Israeli Lebanese border, in 2006. Israel's 2006 Lebanon war was a missed opportunity and a grave failure for the Jewish state, a key report said on Wednesday while sparing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from a major roasting.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Israel’s 2006 Lebanon war was a missed opportunity and a grave failure for the Jewish state, a key report said on Wednesday while sparing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert from a major roasting.


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‘Ethnic cleansing’ in Kenya: US envoy (AFP)

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Kenyan policemen stand next to a burning tire barricade that was erected by a mob of men belonging to the Kikuyu tribe on a road near Kenya's capital in Kikuyu. The violence in Kenya triggered by last month's contested presidential elections has involved acts of AFP - The violence in Kenya triggered by last month’s contested presidential elections has involved acts of “ethnic cleansing,” the United States’ top Africa envoy said Wednesday.


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Bush says economy resilient despite slim GDP growth (Reuters)

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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks after he is given a tour of the Robinson Helicopter Factory in Torrance, California January 30, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush
said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is slowing but is resilient
and would overcome problems as it has in the past, following a
government report showing growth slumped at the end of last
year.


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Edwards bid shows poverty not big campaign theme (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

John Edwards (R) works to install porch rail with his son, Jack, and volunteer Ann Wooten at a Habitat for Humanity house after announcing he would withdraw his candidacy for U.S. president in New Orleans, Louisiana January 30, 2008. (Lee Celano/Reuters)Reuters - The inability of John Edwards to gain
traction in his bid for the U.S. Democratic presidential
nomination indicates that fighting poverty in America has
limited appeal for voters.


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SocGen boss survives and says bank can too (Reuters)

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People walk towards the entrance to the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale in La Defense, outside Paris, January 30, 2008. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters)Reuters - Societe Generale fought off
political pressure to sack its chairman on Wednesday after
suffering the world’s worst financial trading scandal, but the
French bank failed to quash persistent takeover speculation.


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Senate panel passes $157 billion stimulus plan (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen across a reflecting pool before President Bush delivers the final State of the Union address of his presidency to a joint session of Congress in Washington January 28, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee
approved a $157 billion economic stimulus package on Wednesday
that offers smaller tax rebates to more people than a plan
passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.


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McCain, Romney clash over liberal label in U.S. race (Reuters)

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US presidential candidate US Senator John McCain (L) (R-AZ) answers a question as former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney listens during the CNN/Los Angeles Times Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California January 30, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Republican front-runner
John McCain and rival Mitt Romney accused each other on
Wednesday of pursuing liberal policies out of step with
mainstream conservatives at a crucial debate in the U.S.
presidential race.


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McCain gains Schwarzenegger endorsement (Reuters)

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Democrat John Edwards gestures during a speech announcing he would withdraw his candidacy for US president in New Orleans, Louisiana January 30, 2008. REUTERS/Lee Celano (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)Reuters - Popular California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger endorsed Republican presidential candidate John
McCain on Thursday, giving the Arizona senator a boost in his
drive to gain his party’s nomination for the White House.


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Fed slashes rates to blunt economic slowdown (Reuters)

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An employee counts U.S. dollar bills inside a money changer in the Makati financial district of Manila January 23, 2008. (John Javellana/Reuters)Reuters - The Federal Reserve cut U.S.
interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as
part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown
in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.


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