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...that is the irony about Shays' current struggle. In Washington, the 60-year-old is actually known for being the rare Republican who has no problem differing with GOP leadership or the President. He helped push John McCain's campaign finance proposal through the House in 2002, annoying GOP leaders. Last year, he was one of the first Republicans to call for Tom DeLay's resignation and one of the few who opposed intervening in the Terri Schiavo case. Back home, though, Shays has taken flak for backing the GOP leadership on some key votes, particularly a provision signed last...
...three children, taking along her now-orphaned infant niece. The refugees have found some sanctuary but little food, despite Katanga's innate wealth. Situated right in the center of Africa, the province sits atop giant deposits of copper, cobalt and a good portion of the world's coltan, a rare mineral used in mobile-phone circuitry. Katanga is hugely fertile - it's deep green from the air. "This country could feed all of East Africa and much of southern Africa," says Claude Jibidar, the World Food Program's deputy representative in Congo. But that's small comfort for Dubie...
...fund-raising front, Democrats have been surprisingly competitive with the Republicans. In a rare feat for the party, the Democratic senatorial campaign committee has outraised its Republican counterpart. Last year "our bottom-line goal was not to lose any seats," says Charles Schumer, the New York Senator who heads the committee. "Now, if things fall in line, we might even pick up the Senate." Republicans could even lose the Tennessee seat of retiring majority leader Bill Frist to Representative Harold Ford, a Democrat...
...There’s definitely the unique experience to have people that you can identify with in a certain way...because it’s such a minority in a minority, it’s something that’s really rare and precious for those of us that are minorities within minorities...
...Still, despite the horror of flames, torn flesh and twisted wreckage staining busy streets, the day was not without marvel. Thursday morning witnessed the realization of one of those rare, wistful hopes every Westerner in the country holds deep within them - that hostages, trussed and secreted away in some anonymous hide, could be surprised by soldiers from home bursting in through the door and telling them it?s going to be okay. In a house somewhere in the city?s west, three devout aid workers from a faith-based outfit known as the Christian Peacemakers Teams - Canadians Harmeet Sooden...