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28 Jan 2008 21:59 Africa/Lagos MySpace & MTV, Along With Associated Press, to Exclusively Feature Frontrunner Republican & Democratic Candidates' 'Closing Arguments' February 2nd Senator Hillary Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee Confirmed for 'Super Dialogue' with Potential to Reach 200 Million Voters on TV, Online, Radio and Mobile Phones Associated Press to Syndicate Event to 1,800 Media Websites, Nearly 600 in States with Super Tuesday Primaries LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MySpace, the world's most popular social network, and MTV, the leading global youth brand, along with the Associated Press, today announced "Closing Arguments: A Presidential Super Dialogue." The event will offer candidates polling above 10%* a final chance to address the nation -- particularly the energized and pivotal youth voting bloc -- in advance of Super Tuesday, an unprecedented moment in U.S. political history, when more than 20 states...

16 Dec 2007 17:56 Africa/Lagos NEWSWEEK: Cover: The Sleeper John Edwards Believes he can Score Upset win in Iowa; Has Been Visiting Rural Precincts Where Frontrunners Have Paid Less Attention Didn't get Negative Feedback After Being Combative With Clinton 'I Thought it was More Important for People to Understand ... The Substantive Policy Differences Between us, and now I Think we're at a Stage Where it's Time to Focus on why I Want to be President' NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards believes he can still come from behind for an upset win in Iowa, Newsweek reports in the December 24 cover "The Sleeper," (on newsstands Monday, December 17). For months, Edwards has been doggedly working to round up support in the state's rural precincts where the frontrunners have paid less attention. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071216/NYSU007 ) As Correspondent Arian Campo-Flores and Senior Writer Su...

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Let us call a spade a spade, Blackwater is blackwater indeed as defined by Wikipedia : Blackwater (waste) is a relatively recent term used to describe water containing fecal matter and urine. It is also known as brown water, foul water, or sewage. It is distinct from greywater or sullage, the residues of washing processes. Blackwater is heavily polluted and difficult to treat because of the high concentrations of mostly organic pollution. The term is commonly used on recreational vehicles where separate tanks collect blackwater and greywater wastes. American taxpayers are paying $445,000 per year for each Blackwater guard in Iraq. A total waste of public fund in a lost cause. The fact is, Blackwater is guilty of the violations of the Rule of Engagement in the war in Iraq. This is another glaring evidence that President George Walker Bush has bungled the mission in Iraq. Blackwater is a failure of military strategy by the US Armed Forces in Iraq. When Bush knew that he would fail woe...