Richard Darman Dies at 64 Former Bush Budget Chief
Richard Darman, 64, former White House budget director who helped persuade George H W Bush to abandon the no new taxes pledge, died Friday in Washington after months of leukemia battle, according to James Baker.
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Bush to skip bold proposals in final State of the Union
President George W. Bush will avoid bold, new reforms in his final State of the Union address, instead favoring familiar, modest agenda items as time winds down with a Democratic Congress in place. Separately, Hugo Chavez accused Colombia and the United States of plotting military aggression against Venezuela and warned of cutting oil exports if Venezuela is attacked.
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Moscow Detains Suspected Crime Boss Linked to Gas Sector
Police in Moscow arrested Semyon Mogilevich a Ukrainian born Russian citizen described by the FBI as a major international crime figure. The Interior Ministry said he was detained late Wednesday amid ongoing efforts against organized crime. In Kabul, U S led coalition and Afghan forces clashed with insurgents near the Pakistani frontier leaving one coalition soldier dead. Airstrikes followed destroying an insurgent cell in Nari district Kunar province. Nationalities of the dead and three wounded were not released.
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Street battles in western Kenya kill at least 12
Fierce street battles in the western Kenyan city left bodies on the ground with machete wounds and arrows. At least 12 people died as hundreds of homes burned in the latest flare up following a flawed presidential election.
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FBI agent says Saddam underestimated invasion risk
FBI interrogator George Piro told CBS 60 Minutes that Saddam Hussein believed he faced only a limited airstrike and could stay in power, while he let the world think he had weapons of mass destruction to deter Iran.
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