Dublin protester tries to make citizen's arrest on Tony Blair

"I went up to him and I said 'Mr Blair, I'm here to make a citizen's arrest for the war crimes that you've committed'," she said.

Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery

Daughter Liz Cheney says her 69-year-old dad is out of intensive care and hopes to return home this week....

Bush aide pleads guilty to theft

Felipe Sixto pleaded guilty to theft from a federally aided program in front of U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton. He said little during the plea hearing except "Yes, sir" and "Guilty, sir" when asked by the judge about the charge…

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Source: ap

US accuses Britain over military failings in Afghanistan

Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary who has been asked to remain in his job under Barack Obama, is understood to have expressed strong reservations about counterinsurgency operations in British-controlled Helmand province...

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Source: world news

Was the CIA wrong (again)?

A year has passed since the release of the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.

In a stunning departure from all the previous estimates dating back to 1997 under Presidents Clinton and Bush, it declared: "We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program."

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Source: international herald tribune

Thanksgiving a time for reflection for Bush, Obama

Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and jovially telling people "you can call me Barack." ..

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Source: guardian.co.uk

White House: Meeting set on North Korean nukes

White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters after President George W. Bush’s meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that there was an agreement to have the meeting but that announcement of the actual date in early December would be left up to China to make public...

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Source: boston herald

Obama and Bush Hold Private Meeting at White House

Few details were revealed as to their content but Iraq, the financial crisis and the issue of a smooth transition had all been expected to come up....

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Source: bbc