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Bill: The looming force

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - If Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton runs for the White House in 2008 as expected, her biggest strategic decision will be how to use one of her most powerful campaign resources -- her husband, former President Bill Clinton.Hardly the typical political spouse, the former president is a magnetic presence on the stump, with well-honed instincts and fund-raising abilities. He knows the pitfalls of a campaign and can easily rouse the Democratic faithful to action.

 
Take cheer: Christmas has been out of control for centuries
NEW YORK, (AP) - Once upon a time the holiday season was a quiet time spent with family and friends -- simpler, less commercial, more spiritual, nothing like today's frenzied orgy of soulless consumption.
 
Whites’ darling faces black barrier
WASHINGTON, (AFP) - US political darling Barack Obama has received enthusiastic support for a possible 2008 presidential bid -- except from fellow African-Americans, a group many believed would be among his staunchest backers.
 
tsunami: 2 years after ~ Rising from ruins

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 22, 2006 (AFP) - Two years after the tsunami killed some 220,000 people, Indonesia's Aceh province is on the road to peace and tourists are flocking to Thailand's beaches. But in Sri Lanka conflict and corruption are threatening efforts to rebuild after the disaster.


Warning system? Only talking
   
UN defends rebuilding efforts despite growing criticism
   
Thai tourism back in full boom but tourists try to forget the horror
   
No reconstruction without peace in Aceh
   
Arab-American writer is ambassador for Middle East
   
Tom and Jerry lose parent
   
Dreaming of a politically correct ‘C’ word
   
Harmony descends on tent city in Beirut
   

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