London, February 9 : Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, who threw his shoes at former U. S. President George W. Bush, faces trial next week for assaulting a foreign leader.
Court spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar has revealed that an appellate court has refused to reduce the charge levelled against al-Zeidi, who has been in custody since the December 14 outburst at Bush''s joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Washington, Jan. 31 : It took four years for Google to address the "Google bomb" that was lobbed at former President Bush, but just a few days to defuse the same attack on President Obama.
Four years versus a few days ... Some Googlers are asking why.
In 2003, President Bush''s detractors successfully gamed the Google search engine by arranging to have countless Web sites link the words "miserable failure" to Bush''s official biography on the White House Web site.
Tikrit (Iraq), Jan. 30 : A huge bronze shoe sculpture has been erected in tribute to the Iraqi journalist who grabbed instant fame when threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush last year.
The shoe, in which a tree has been planted, stands 10 feet high and sits atop a white pedestal in Tikrit, the hometown of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, the Telegraph reports.
Washington, January 29 : The Obamas have shown the sign of a departure from the George W. Bush era by organising an after-sunset, midweek cocktail party.
The First Family's party is also being seen as a clear signal that they will have a more youthful and energetic approach to life in the White House than what Washington has seen during the over the past eight years.
Such an event-where the president hosts roughly two dozen Republicans and Democrats for drinks and economic stimulus chit-chat-was a rare-to-never happening when non-drinker Bush was the country's president.
Washington, Jan24 : Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will headline the National Republican Congressional Committee's March fundraising dinner - a move sure to raise speculation that Jindal is trying to raise his national profile.
Jindal, a rising star in the Republican Party and a potential 2012 White House contender, will take the speaking slot that in years past belonged to former President George W Bush, Politico. com reported.
Washington, Jan. 23 : Two years after launching the most technologically savvy presidential campaign in history, Obama officials have run into what they call the technological "Dark Ages, encountering a jumble of disconnected phone lines, old computer software, and security regulations forbidding outside e-mail accounts.
"It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari," the Washington Post quoted Obama spokesman Bill Burton, as saying of his new digs.
London, February 9 : Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, 30, who threw his shoes at former U. S. President George W. Bush, faces trial next week for assaulting a foreign leader.
Washington, Jan. 31 : It took four years for Google to address the "Google bomb" that was lobbed at former President Bush, but just a few days to defuse the same attack on President Obama.
Tikrit (Iraq), Jan. 30 : A huge bronze shoe sculpture has been erected in tribute to the Iraqi journalist who grabbed instant fame when threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush last year.
Washington, January 29 : The Obamas have shown the sign of a departure from the George W. Bush era by organising an after-sunset, midweek cocktail party.
Washington, Jan24 : Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will headline the National Republican Congressional Committee's March fundraising dinner - a move sure to raise speculation that Jindal is trying to raise his national profile.
Washington, Jan. 23 : Two years after launching the most technologically savvy presidential campaign in history, Obama officials have run into what they call the technological "Dark Ages, encountering a jumble of disconnected phone lines, old computer software, and security regulations forbidding outside e-mail accounts.
