AS IT IS 2014-06-12 Former President George H.W. Bush Turns 90 George Herbert Walker Bush was born in the eastern state of Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. During World War II, at the age of 18, George Bush delayed entering college and joined the Navy

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AS IT IS 2015-10-17 President Park's Visit Marks US-South Korea Ties South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama Friday. The visit marks the South Korean leaders second visit to Washington si

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By Simon Marks Islamabad, Pakistan 21 September 2007 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, facing growing calls to chart a return to Democracy, indicated Wednesday he will quit as army chief if he is re-elected. Eight years after seizing power in a m

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The head of Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was critically wounded in an assassination attempt Monday. President Yunus Bek Yevkurov survived but at least one other person was killed and several others wounded. A 12 June 2009 photo of Ingush Pres

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There is more political turmoil in Fiji after President Ratu Josefa Iloilo annulled the constitution, fired the judiciary and assumed all governing power in the South Pacific nation. Ratu Josefa Iloilo (2008 File) The elderly leader's motives are, h

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Suicide Bombers Target New Somali President Three suicide bombers attacked a hotel Wednesday in downtown Mogadishu where newly-elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was meeting with a delegation from the Kenyan foreign ministry. At least sev

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Egypt's President-Elect at Home in His Village Just a few months ago, the idea of Mohamed Morsi as Egypt's first post-revolution leader seemed remote at best. But in Edwa, his home village in the eastern Nile Delta, no one seemed to doubt this native

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President Barack Obama began his first full day in office with a prayer service at Washington's National Cathedral. The ecumenical prayer service preceded what is expected to be a busy day focusing on national security and economic matters. Presiden

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United States Vice President Joe Biden and family arrives in Kenya's capital, Nairobi to begin a three-day official state visit. A leading Kenyan legislator told VOA U.S Vice President Joseph Biden is scheduled to meet President Mwai Kibaki, Prime Mi

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Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has just over one year before voters choose a new leader, or far less if President Umaru Yar'Adua recovers from a heart condition and resumes the powers of the presidency. Scott Stearns | Dakar 20 April 2010 Acting

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Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych holds a Bulava, a historical symbol of power, after taking oath in the parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, 25 Feb 2010 Ukraine's newly inaugurated president, Viktor Yanukovych, says the country can only address its ende

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Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has died in Seoul at the age of 85. He had been hospitalized since last month for pneumonia. Mr. Kim was credited with ushering a new era of reconciliation with wartime enemy North Korea. His own life story

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The president of the Philippines has picked yet another fight. Rodrigo Duterte is the president who called for war against drug dealers, encouraged killings and has even boasted of past killings himself. Now, he is fighting a ven

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to listen now to what some voters think of President Trump's dramatic first two weeks in office. And Steve - lucky guy - you got to go to my home state of Pennsylvania. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Yeah, that's true. That's tr

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Early on the day of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush received his presidential daily briefing - an intelligence update. President Harry Truman was the first to ask for this daily briefing. Many presidents since would

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John Wilkes Booth was never brought to trial. A few days after the shooting, his hiding place was discovered. He was shot to death trying to escape. Booth thought what hed done was noble and heroic. However, all over the nation, people mourned the de

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Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbai Jeenbekov says he hopes that his state visit to China this week will give a positive boost to the China-Kyrgyzstan relationship. President Jeenbekov is set to begin his state visit to China on June 6th, his first visi

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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. I want to begin by thanking my friend, President Sarkozy, for his leadership and his hospitality. And I want to thank the people of Cannes for this extraordinary setting. Over the past two years, those of u

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President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to the United Arab Emirates, Senegal, Rwanda, and South Africa from July 19 to 24, before attending the 10th BRICS summit from July 25 to 27 in Johannesburg. President Xi will also visit Mauritius during his

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A: Good evening, my fellow Americans. Three days from now, after a half-century of service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in a traditional and solemn ceremony, the authority of the Presidency is vested in my succe

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