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...watch Tony at the podium each day," said President Bush in a statement Saturday morning. "He brought wit grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor." the President said...
Olmert could go sooner, if the corruption and fraud allegations stick. The prime minister says that he is the innocent victim of "a police campaign" against him. But after a combative, two-hour grilling at his official Jerusalem residence on Friday, police investigators issued a statement claiming that Olmert was suspected of "serious fraud and other offenses." He was questioned about the allegedly double billing of charity organizations for his trips abroad as mayor of Jerusalem and trade and industries minister. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum, as well as charities helping physically and mentally handicapped children were among those that...
...statement about the vast range of potential genetic causes of autism, the original version of this story quoted Dr. Eric Morrow of Massachusetts General Hospital as saying, "It looks like almost every child with autism is different from the next - a different gene is mutated in almost every child." Although the original quote was accurately reported, it was incorrectly attributed. The quote was stated by Dr. Christopher Walsh of Children's Hospital Boston. In addition, the researchers note that the statement gives the misleading impression that all children with autism are known to have different genetic defects. In fact, physicians...
...global warming from expert testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in 2007. The White House said the pages were cut because they didn't match the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But Senator Barbara Boxer, who chairs the environment committee, has called that statement a "lie," saying the cuts amounted to censorship...
...Bush proudly presented a pledge by the group's eight member nations to cut global greenhouse-gas emissions at least 50% by 2050. For a President who came into office publicly doubting climate change and has repeatedly refused to set specific limits on carbon emissions, the G-8 statement was a personal step forward...