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Although the next U.S. presidential election is more than three years away, U.S. senator Joseph Biden (Democrat – Delaware) has already announced his intentions of
running. Although he originally said in December 2004 that he would wait
two years to make a decision, he told Face The Nation on Sunday that he will spend this year trying to "explore his
support", adding, "[I'm going to take my] game on the road, letting people know what I think." He also told the CBS news show that he will make his decision as to whether or
not to pursue the party's nomination towards the end of this year.  Read More »

A veteran Lebanese politician, George
Hawi, was assassinated yesterday in Beirut.
Hawi's death came as a grim punctuation mark to the final round of parliamentary elections in Lebanon, the first since Syrian
occupation ended earlier this year. Hawi was formerly the secretary of the Lebanese Communist
Party. He had long been a Syrian ally, but recently became a critic of Syrian influence in the country.  Read More »

On the same day he released his debut solo album, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan announced, "I want my band back, and my songs, and my dreams." Those words
appeared in a full-page ad[1] that ran in Tuesday's
edition of the Chicago Tribune
under the title, A Message to Chicago From Billy Corgan.
The alternative-rock icon also wrote, "For a year now I have
walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want
you to be among the first to know that I have made plans to
renew and revive The Smashing Pumpkins."  Read More »

The former CEO of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski, as well as
CFO Mark Swartz are convicted of taking more than $600 million from the company. Charges
include grand larceny, securities fraud, conspiracy, and falsifying business records.  Read More »

Four members of a filmcrew have been arrested on suspicion of assault after squirting water at movie star Tom Cruise at the
London premiere of War of the Worlds on Sunday evening.

The crew were freelancers filming a new comedy show for Channel 4. Channel 4 has no production facilities itself; all
television programmes are commissioned from independant companies.

Cruise had been on a walkabout meeting and greeting fans, and was being interviewed by the crew under the impression that it
was a serious interview, when they used a fake microphone to squirt him in the face.  Read More »

A progressive blog, Democrats.com, is offering a
$1,000 reward to anyone who can get United States president George W. Bush to answer a question about pre-Iraq war intelligence. The
contest comes after Bush has declined for a full month to answer any questions about a leaked secret British memo, which states, in reference to the Bush
administration, that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy". Neither the US or UK government are
disputing the document's accuracy. The $1,000 question is:  Read More »

The Associated Press has put typed copies of six recently obtained internal British government documents concerning the
lead-up to the war in Iraq on its website which are labeled "secret" or "confidential". The copies were provided by British
reporter Michael Smith, who claims he destroyed the original documents to protect the sources. An anonymous senior British
official said the documents appeared authentic.

The documents were leaked on 18 September 2004 to The Daily Telegraph in an article titled "Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos. 
The documents, however, took nine months to reach the mainstream press.  Read More »

Paul Rusesabagina
visited Atlanta, Ga. and Washington, D.C. this week to address American students and business leaders at schools and conferences
centers. His appearances coincide with World Refugee Day events in Washington.

At Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in the Falls Church section of Fairfax County, he spoke to elementary school students who
had learned about his accomplishments in the weeks prior to his appearance.  Read More »