UNITED STATES: Kerry considering 2008 bid
WASHINGTON (Reuters): Massachusetts Demo-cratic Senator John Kerry said yesterday he was still considering a second run for the White House in 2008, despite public criticism of what he has called a "botched joke" about the Iraq war.
UNITED KINGDOM: Iraq win impossible - Kissinger
LONDON (AP): Former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, in a television interview broadcast yesterday. In a wide-ranging interview on British Broadcasting...
IRAQ: Minister kidnapped, car bomb kills 22
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Gunmen in camouflage uniforms kidnapped Iraq's Deputy Health Minister from his home yesterday, the day after another prominent Shi'ite politician was shot dead amid brewing sectarian strife.
AUSTRALIA: G-20 warming up to climate change
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP): Finance chiefs from 20 of the world's most powerful economies added climate change to their list of issues at an annual gathering that ended yesterday, expressing concern about the problem but conceding there is division...
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