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...Bangkok Antigovernment Protests Grow Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a state of emergency in the capital after antigovernment protesters clashed with the regime's backers, leaving one dead and dozens injured. Samak, whom critics denounce as a proxy for former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, vowed to weather the demonstrations, even as protesters occupied his offices and the nation's election commission recommended that his party be disbanded...
...incumbent President wasn't featured at his own party's convention. Bush was beamed in antiseptically from a seemingly empty White House, a lonely guy in quarantine, for a nine-minute speech. Senator Joseph Lieberman, who isn't even a Republican, spoke more than twice as long--and in prime time...
...They needed a small, victorious war.' VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian Prime Minister, claiming the U.S. engineered the Georgia conflict to boost support for the Republican party...
...politics to reach the state legislature and vote "present" 130 times because "deciding 'yes' or 'no' was too tough" on his way to becoming a "celebrity Senator" who "has never led anything. Nothing. Nada." By the end Giuliani was ignoring the teleprompter, riffing his speech, eating into Palin's prime time, and the crowd loved...
...justifying his July invitation to Assad, Sarkozy noted that Damascus had signaled a willingness to work to end its isolation following the Hariri killing. Ahead of Wednesday's visit, meanwhile, French officials cited other examples of improved Syrian behavior, including its hosting of Lebanese prime minister Michel Suleimane last month, and plans for Syria to open its first-ever embassy in Beirut...