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The 1992 Election Explained
Slick Willy! Read my Lips! "Crazy Ross Perot! 1992 Election on your radar? Have no fear, HipHughes is here! Studying for a big exam and feel sick to your stomach? Well HipHughes has the right medicine for you, the election series for...
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USA: PHOTO EXHIBITION OF NIXON
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Twenty-five years after President Richard Nixon resigned from office his time in power and the nature of his fall is still the source of fascination for many in the U-S.
Now a new photo exhibition is set to further fuel that...
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USA: GORE AWAITS RECOUNT
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Vice-president Al Gore isn't ready to declare victory in the race for the White House - but his campaign chairman is.
William Daley says he's confident the presidential recount in Florida will show Gore is the winner of both...
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USA - Clinton And Hashimoto Meet
President Clinton met Japan's new leader, Ryutaro Hashimoto on Friday and declared that America's approach to trade should not be "based on fear or anger or rancour."
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and US President Bill...
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USA: VIRGINIA: PAT BUCHANAN TO RUN FOR REFORM PARTY (2)
Falls Church, Virginia, USA, October 25th 1999 1. Medium view of Pat Buchanan walking onto stage.2. Close view of audience.3. Wide view of Buchanan event.4. Medium view of audience and photographers.5. Close view of Buchanan trying to...
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USA: VOTES TO BE RECOUNTED UPDATE
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George W. Bush's lead over Al Gore in crucial Florida has shrunk to fewer than 300 votes in an unofficial count with allegations of irregularities surfacing and ballots from overseas residents still to be counted.
Recount...
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USA: NEW POLL SHOWS BOB DOLE AHEAD IN IOWA CAUCUSES
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A new poll shows a surge ahead for Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole in the crucial Iowa caucus.
Dole now has the backing of 28 percent of likely caucus-goers according to the new poll, while contender Stephen Forbes...
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USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES EXCHANGE BARBS
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The U-S Republican presidential candidates traded barbs over social issues and taxes Thursday in South Carolina.
Their encounter underscored the fact that the campaign had moved into the conservative South.
The candidates...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US AND CHINA TRADE DEAL
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The last-minute eleventh hour deal struck between China and the U-S has been greeted enthusiastically by the White House and American industry.
U-S Trade representative Mickey Kantor heralded the agreement as a victory for...
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President Obama turns comedian at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner. Obama took time to poke fun at himself and celebrities at the star-studded event. (May 3)
On at least one night a year President Barack Obama and the journalists who cover him try to find something nice and something funny to say about each other.
The annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association has become an...
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USA: WOMEN BEHIND REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS
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In the U-S Republican presidential campaign there are four women whose campaign is just as important as those of the men they married.
One of these women could be the new First Lady of the United States if their husbands go...
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USA: GEORGE BUSH JR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LATEST (2)
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Governor George W. Bush is making his first campaign swing through the first primary state as a Republican candidate for U-S president.
His visit to New Hampshire on Monday is the first as an official candidate, coming off a...
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USA: WASHINGTON: BOB DOLE TO RESIGN FROM SENATE
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U-S Senate Majority leader Bob Dole announced Wednesday he will resign from the Senate so that he can concentrate on the race for the White House.
The move is being seen as a last-ditch attempt by Dole to boost his flagging...
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USA: FLORIDA: RECOUNT COULD TAKE LONGER THAN EXPECTED
West Palm Beach and Tallahassee, Florida, U-S - November 8, 2000
West Palm Beach, Florida
1. Man puts votes into machine to be counted.
2. Various shots of officials seated around table, going over voting information.
3. People seated...
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USA - Buchanan's Candidancy For Presidency
US Republican rightwinger, Pat Buchanan on Monday (20/3) announced
his candidacy for the US Presidency. The ceremony at which the arch-conservative formally announced his candidacy was disrupted briefly by protesters waving signs. As...
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USA: BOB DOLE WELL AHEAD IN REPUBLICANS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
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Bob Dole is well ahead in the race for Republican leader - but his two competitors Pat Buchanan and Steve Forbes are optimistic about gaining a high number of the 362 delegates at stake in Super Tuesday.
Dole held a rally in...
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President Obama attends the annual White House correspondents' dinner
Little was sacred when US President Barack Obama tossed out playful but pointed jokes on Saturday night, as he attended the annual White House correspondents dinner, not even his own health care plan.
"We rolled out healthcare.gov. That...
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USA: PAT BUCHANAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1996
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It's official....in a week.
Political commentator Pat Buchanan...says he'll run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1996.
The announcement came on CNN's Larry King Live.
Buchanan says he'll make the "official"...
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USA: PALM BEACH: PROTESTORS
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Citizens groups and lawyers are gearing up to challenge the Florida presidential vote.
As protestors hit the streets, lawyers are putting together class action suits against the state government, and elderly residents are...
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USA: MARYLAND/GEORGIA: BOB DOLE RE-ENERGIZED AFTER VICTORY
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A re-energized Bob Dole is heading into a flurry of presidential primaries ahead of his Republican opponents.
Dole won a convincing victory Saturday in South Carolina and leads the pack in the quest for the Republican...
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USA: STEVE FORBES WINS DELAWARE PRIMARY AHEAD OF BOB DOLE
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U-S Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes won the Delaware presidential primary on Saturday night, making it the second defeat in a row for the previous front runner - Bob Dole.
But he was just about the only one who...
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USA: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES NECK AND NECK IN RACE TO WHITE HOUSE
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The latest opinion polls from America suggest that the three front runners for the chance to be the Republican Party's candidate against President Bill Clinton are running virtually neck and neck. It follows reaction to a...
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USA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VISIT IOWA CANVASSING SUPPORT
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Republican presidential hopefuls: Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan and Phil Gramm all have visited Iowa to win voters for their candidacy.
Next Monday, voters in Iowa will go to the polls to choose one of the candidates in the Iowa...
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USA: PAT BUCHANAN ENDORSES BOB DOLE / JACK KEMP TICKET
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Happy to have him on the ticket is how Bob Dole has summed up his endorsement by right wing rival Pat Buchanan.
That effectively ends Buchanan's own presidential ambitions for now and presents a united Republican front at...