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First Lady Disses President

Wayne Moore - May 1, 2005 / 8:09 am | Story: 8980

It appears North Korea has conducted a test of a short-range missile. That accoring to White House chief of staff Andrew Card.Full Story
First lady Laura Bush stole the show with a surprise comedy routine that ripped President Bush and brought an audience that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood to a standing ovation at a dinner honoring award-winning journalists. The president began a speech late Saturday at the 91st annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, but was quickly "interrupted" by his wife in an obviously planned ploy.Full Story
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been forced on the defensive five days before an election, after a newspaper printed a potentially damaging secret document claiming he had been determined to invade Iraq eight months before the war began. In a television interview ahead of Thursday's national election, Blair said he believed military action was the only way to deal with former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.Full Story
Police had said the Georgia woman who vanished four days before her wedding wouldn't be facing any criminal charges. But now a district attorney says Jennifer Wilbanks might be charged with falsely reporting a crime. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said he still has some questions for the 32-year-old medical assistant about her vanishing act and cross-country bus trip.Full Story
Iraqi forces on Sunday detained a number of suspects in the abduction of a British aid worker believed killed last year, the U.S. military said. Articles apparently related to Margaret Hassan, the 59-year-old director of CARE international in Iraq, also were recovered during the morning raid south of Baghdad, according to the British and U.S. Embassy.Full Story
Insurgents began a third straight day of attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including ambushes, car bombs and a drive-by shooting, killing nine Iraqis and wounding 21, police said.Full Story
Workers hauled away mangled railway cars on Saturday as they cleaned up the site of Japan's worst train crash in four decades, while police said the death toll rose to 107 after a woman pulled from the wreckage several days ago died.Full Story