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Speech lacks
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WASHINGTON: Cursed by rock-bottom poll ratings, chided by
Congress’s new Democratic masters and bound up in Iraq’s agony,
President George W. Bush offered little to loosen his political
straitjacket in his State of the Union address, analysts said.
Bush once strode into the House
of Representatives bear pit unchallenged, using the annual speech to
ram home his mastery over cowering political rivals, skewering US
enemies and slotting them into an “axis of evil.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Bush wants action
to end North Korean, Myanmar crises
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WASHINGTON: US President George
W. Bush called for concerted action to end North Korea’s nuclear
weapons drive, the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan and help restore
democracy in Myanmar...
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Japan’s defense
minister says Bush ‘wrong’ on Iraq
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TOKYO: Japan’s defense minister
said President George W. Bush was wrong to invade Iraq and warned
that Tokyo could not automatically renew its air force mission to
the war-torn country.
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Democrats unswayed
by speech
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WASHINGTON: Democrats accused
President George W. Bush of “recklessly” leading America into
war in Iraq and called for a withdrawal of US forces in a blunt
rebuttal to the president’s annual State of the Union speech.
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INBRIEF
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SEOUL: South Korea’s
foreign minister said he expects progress at the next round of
six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program, with both the
North and the US showing new flexibility.
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