Michelle Obama grateful for first lady's defence
WASHINGTON (AP): Presidential candi-date Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, said yesterday she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defence after she was harshly criticised by Re-publicans for her comment that for the first time in her adult...
Colombia - 'Shocking' 27 per cent rise in coca cultivation
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP): Colombia's coca crop - the basis for cocaine - grew by 27 per cent last year, the United Nations reported yesterday, calling the increase "a surprise and a shock", given major US-funded eradication efforts...
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