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  • October 2008

    • Euros See the End of American Dominance

      Der Spiegel  |  Oct 1, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Euros See the End of American Dominance

      (Newser) - When President Bush delivered his final address to the UN last week—harping on terrorism but barely bothering to mention the crisis in the global economy—world leaders in attendance buzzed about the disconnect, along with the disheveled hair and ill-fitting suit that seemed to mark him as a finished man. But the UN speech marked something bigger, writes Der Spiegel in a cover story: the collapse of American dominance. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Financial Crisis  • bailout  • United States  • economic slowdown  • free markets  • UN General Assembly

  • April 2008

    • Abuse Victims Find Some Peace With Pope

      CNN  |  Apr 18, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Abuse Victims Find Some Peace With Pope

      (Newser) - Victims of sexual abuse yesterday exited a long-sought meeting with Pope Benedict XVI moved by his compassion and inspired by hope. "He apologized," one of them told CNN after the talk in a Washington chapel. "He seemed to intrinsically understand what we were talking about." Benedict listened to personal accounts of abuse by priests and prayed in what was believed to be his first-ever meeting with victims. More »

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      Pope Benedict XVI  • sexual abuse  • Roman Catholicism  • UN General Assembly  • Nationals Park  • Papal mass

  • September 2007

    • Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      ABC News  |  Sep 26, 07 5:17 AM CDT

      Bush Hooked On FON-iks at UN

      (Newser) - A draft of President Bush's speech to the United Nations included phonetic spellings to help him pronounce difficult names like sar-KOzee, according to a copy of the speech accidentally posted for a time on the UN website. It was up long enough for reporters to see it, much to the embarrassment of the White House, reports ABC. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Robert Mugabe  • White House  • Dana Perino  • Caracas  • Harare  • Mauritania  • UN General Assembly

    • Iranian Prez Flies Into NY Storm

      Associated Press  |  Sep 24, 07 3:39 AM CDT

      Iranian Prez Flies Into NY Storm

      (Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York yesterday amid protests and rancor over his schedule of public appearances, including his planned address at Columbia University. In the first of a series of public relations efforts, Ahmadinejad claimed in a television interview that Iran is seeking neither nuclear weapons nor war with the US, AP reports. More »

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      Iran  • New York  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Ground Zero  • Columbia University  • 60 Minutes  • William Fallon  • UN General Assembly  • Lee Bollinger

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