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(AP) - The Honduran Congress has named its leader to replace President Manuel Zelaya following his military ouster and forced exile in Costa Rica. A resolution read on the floor of Congress today accuses Zelaya of "manifest irregular conduct" and "putting in present danger the state of law," a... More »

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Latin America • president • Honduras • referendum • coup d'etat

ANALYSIS

Silver: How Do You Rig
11M Votes? Easily
 

Ayatollah's argument against the possibility of vote fraud doesn't hold water

Jun 20, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nate Silver has a bone to pick with the ayatollah. In his attempt yesterday to quash claims of voter fraud, Ali Khamenei asserted that President Ahmadinejad had won by 11 million votes. "How can one rig 11 million votes?" he asked. That's faulty logic, cries Silver on FiveThirtyEight.com.... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • voter fraud • president • Ali Khamenei • election fraud • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • supreme leader

 Ahmadinejad, Chief Rival 
 Both Claim Victory 

Voting runs extra 3 hours to accommodate volume

Jun 12, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both leading candidates for Iran’s presidency are trumpeting victory after Iranians swarmed the polls, forcing them to remain open an extra 3 hours, Reuters reports. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad each claimed some 60% of the vote. Meanwhile, President Obama applauded the election, which he said heralded “... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • president • voting • election • President Obama • Iranian election • victory • Mir Hossein Mousavi

OPINION

White House Gets Greetings
All Wrong

Egalitarian handshake better than hugs, curtsies: Miss Manners

Jun 10, 09 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - After watching six presidents botch greetings with their global counterparts, Miss Manners has had it. “Where is the Office of Protocol, for goodness’ sake,” Judith Martin fumes in the Washington Post. Fifty years ago, “the American huggy movement” replaced the egalitarian handshake—a gesture that made Americans... More »

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president • monarchy • etiquette • head of state • political leader • handshake • curtsy

Bomb Defused
on Iranian Airliner


May 31, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A home-made bomb found aboard an Iranian airliner was defused after an emergency landing, reports the BBC. Plainclothes security guards discovered the bomb in a bathroom of the plane shortly after take-off from Ahvaz, an oil-rich area along the Iraq border marked by unrest among minorities. The incident signals rising... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • president • bomb • airplane • emergency landing • presidential elections

(Newser) - The audience probably expected a throw-down. What they got was a sewing circle. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush sat down for a friendly chat yesterday in Toronto, emphasis on the friendly. The ex-presidents went out of their way to be agreeable, at times almost seeming like a support group,... More »

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Bill Clinton • president • Toronto • George W. Bush • former presidents

Top Court Candidates Differ Widely
on Exec Power

New justice will be key to defining prez limits

May 25, 09 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most Supreme Court watchers say that Barack Obama's choice to succeed David Souter will change little, since the retiring justice was a reliable member of the court's liberal bloc. But on critical questions of presidential power, which Souter regularly sought to check, the new justice's vote could be crucial. Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • president • executive power • US Supreme Court • Executive Branch • separation of powers • David Souter • Elena Kagan • Diane Wood

ANALYSIS

Bitter, Frustrated S. Koreans Mourn Dead Ex-Prez

Anti-graft leader turned out to be just like corrupt colleagues

May 24, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Koreans spent the day yesterday mourning their former president, whose suicide left them sharply divided over his efforts to crush the very kind of corruption of which he was accused, the Los Angeles Times reports. “He was a two-faced person," said one researcher. “He set himself... More »

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suicide • South Korea • corruption • president • death • Roh Moo Hyun

(Newser) - The former lover of John F. Kennedy exposed in 2003 has a deal with Random House to write a memoir, the New York Times reports. Mimi Beardsley worked as a White House intern and had an 18-month affair with the president from 1962 to 1963, starting when she was... More »

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John F. Kennedy • president • memoir • Random House • extramarital affair • JFK • Mimi Beardsley • lover

S. Korean
Ex-Prez Dies From Fall: Cops

Caught in $6M bribery probe, Roh left
behind suicide note

May 22, 09 9:45 PM CDT
(AP) - Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has died, presumably after a fall while mountain climbing, police say. A news report said a suicide note was found. The former leader suffered severe head injuries and died after being transported from his hometown of Gimhae to a hospital in the southern city... More »

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suicide • South Korea • president • death • Roh Moo Hyun

 Sudan Prez: 
 No Crimes 
 in Darfur 

Says media claims are part of propaganda campaign

May 12, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sudan’s president says his military hasn’t attacked civilians in Darfur and challenges “anybody” to show evidence to the contrary. “What has been reported to have happened in Darfur did not actually happen at all,” Omar al Bashir told the BBC in his first interview since... More »

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Africa • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • war crimes • president • Omar al Bashir • interview

  Jacob Zuma 
 Sworn In as 
 South African Prez 

ANC chief promises to fix economy, work for racial reconciliation

May 9, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jacob Zuma was sworn in as South Africa's new president in front of thousands of supporters in Pretoria today, the BBC reports. The African National Congress leader, whose election victory capped a huge comeback after accusations of rape and corruption dogged him for years, said today marks a "moment... More »

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South Africa • president • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • inauguration

South Africa Asks: Who Will Be First Lady?

Zuma has two wives and a fiancée, but only one can have the title

Apr 30, 09 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a few days Jacob Zuma will become president of South Africa—but who will become the country's first lady is less certain. The African National Congress leader, who has two wives and a fiancée, will be the first avowed polygamist to serve as the country's head of state.... More »

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South Africa • polygamy • president • Jacob Zuma • first lady • polygamists

(Newser) - President Obama this evening joined in on the 100-day assessment of his presidency, saying that he's "proud" of his progress so far but "not content," Politico reports. In remarks before his primetime news conference, Obama also trotted out a new phrase—calling for a "New Foundation"... More »

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president • Obama administration • President Obama • 100 days

 Third Woman: 
 Paraguay Prez 
 Fathered My Kid 

Paternity scandal grows, but so far no political fallout

Apr 23, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The paternity scandal surrounding Paraguay’s president, a former bishop, has reached new heights: A third woman says he fathered her child, McClatchy reports. Fernando Lugo recently acknowledged paternity of a 2-year-old; soon after, another woman said he was her 6-year-old’s dad. She filed an official paternity claim yesterday,... More »

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children • president • Paraguay • father • abstinence • bishop • scandal • Fernando Lugo • paternity

 Bush, Clinton Plan 
 Public Chat in Toronto 

Will discuss past 16 years, current issues

Apr 21, 09 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear in Toronto next month for a two-hour, moderated “conversation,” the Globe and Mail reports. But don’t expect a bloodbath: The former presidents will likely hold a friendly discussion of past events and current issues. Still, the meeting promises to... More »

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Canada • Bill Clinton • president • Toronto • George W. Bush • conversation

 Sarko: Obama's Not So Hot 


Apr 16, 09 7:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Someone sounds a little jealous the international media has found a new darling. Nicolas Sarkozy sniped today at President Obama for being inexperienced and indecisive, the Times of London reports. While praising Obama's "clever" mind, the French president complained to party members that "he was elected two months... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • president • political criticism • President Obama

ANALYSIS

'Professor in Chief' Stern on Recovery

Hammers budget as
key to turnaround in prime-time presser

Mar 25, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last night's prime-time news conference showed Barack Obama at his most serious; tempering his trademark oratorical skills, he became a "placid and unsmiling professor in chief," write Peter Baker and Adam Nagourney in the New York Times. After the frenzy of the previous week, the president went out... More »

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Barack Obama • president • press conference • AIG • economy • prime time

(Newser) - The tone of a letter from President Obama to Jacques Chirac has some in the blogosphere wondering if Obama knows that Chirac is no longer the president of France, writes Jimmy Orr in the Christian Science Monitor reports. “Doesn’t Obama ever consult his staff before acting?” one concerned... More »

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blogosphere • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • president • George W. Bush • President Obama • letter

 Mugabe at 
 Tsvangirai 
 Funeral: 
 'Violence 
 Must End' 

Prez speaks at service for rival's wife

Mar 10, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Speaking today at the funeral of his rival’s wife, President Robert Mugabe told supporters “that the issue of violence must end” in Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. He pleaded with mourners to “accept” Susan Tsvangirai’s death in a car crash. “It’s the hand of God,... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • president • violence • prime minister • funeral • Susan Tsvangirai

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