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...enough for Labour. But in the rest of Britain the party faces an even bigger challenge from the Conservatives, who under David Cameron's charismatic leadership are consistently polling at least 15 points ahead of Labour in national opinion surveys and have triumphed in three successive electoral contests this summer. They defeated Labour in the London mayoral elections in May, installing Boris Johnson in City Hall, and followed that victory with two by-election wins, first in Henley, an affluent constituency west of London, and then in Crewe and Nantwich, a traditional Labour stronghold in the north of England...
...desperation, they've been talking through different scenarios for an ouster and how Brown's departure could be explained to the electorate. On a rare sunny day this month, just before parliament rose for its long summer recess, MPs and party activists occupied every table at the riverside terrace bar of the House of Commons. The breeze was gentle, but their conversation was brutal. "Prime Ministers have been known to suffer health problems," mused one plotter...
Tempers flared among residents of Baghdad on Friday as word spread of Iraq's disqualification from the 2008 Summer Olympics. "I am really angry because this is an international competition and it should be legal for us to compete," says Bassam Ahmed, a shopkeeper in Iraq's capital. "It's very important for a country like Iraq. We would like others to see that Iraq can produce some good athletes, in spite of the situation...
...argue, however, that this unique situation has put a damper on my summer would be completely false. It has been an education in itself to learn from the backgrounds and experiences of my fellow interns, and the opportunity to assist in the planning and execution of a national political convention is unlike any other. While my classmates will follow the events of the convention through the eyes of TV anchors, journalists, and bloggers, I will create my own personal coverage, through the sights, sounds, and tastes of the convention. (Unlike the Democrats, we will allow fried food.) I will...
...This is the moment when we must defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it. This threat is real and we cannot shrink from our responsibility to combat it," Obama said, his voice echoing from the trees on a picture-perfect summer evening that was washed in diaphanous light. "If we could create NATO to face down the Soviet Union, we can join in a new and global partnership to dismantle the networks that have struck in Madrid and Amman; in London and Bali; in Washington and New York. If we could win a battle...