The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday pulled out of this week’s presidential election in Zimbabwe, saying he is not prepared to ask people to die by voting for him, and accusing Robert Mugabe of "waging a war against the people…"
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The other night on ‘The Late Show’ I heard Paul Shaffer and his band cover the song "We Were Born to Be Loved" by beloved grunge pioneers King’s X. It’s not the first time Shaffer’s performed it, he seems to be a fan, as KX bassist Doug Pinnick tells it…
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A potential witness in the federal trial of Democratic fundraiser Tony Rezko is prepared to testify that former Bush aide Karl Rove worked behind the scenes with Illinois political insiders to oust U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald from the growing case against Rezko, trial prosecutors said today…
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has endorsed Barack Obama’s bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president, in a big boost for the senator…
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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader, reflecting on the quick exit of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, wonders aloud in a new essay how President George W. Bush has escaped the same fate despite Bush’s role in considerably more damning and damaging crimes…
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