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A world feeling bullied by Washington braces for four more years of Bush 01:25 AM EST Dec 17 PARIS (AP) - To the French, he's an uncouth cowboy - a swaggering statesman in a Stetson who shoots from the hip and asks questions later, if he asks them at all. They're not the only ones who think so. From Berlin to Beijing, U.S. President George W. Bush was widely scorned abroad during his first term as a headstrong hombre more interested in action than consultation. Now, as the world spins into a new year, many are eyeing his second term...

Friends and supporters gather outside Kerry home after he concedes defeat Eds: UPDATES throughout with scene outside Kerry home, call to Bush. By MARY DALRYMPLE Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Friends and supporters gathered Wednesday at the Beacon Hill home of Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat whose two-year campaign for the White House ended abruptly with the loss of the make-or-break state of Ohio in a close election. Kerry planned to speak to supporters and the nation about 1 p.m. EST in Boston. Outside his home on Louisburg Square, about two dozen onlookers, at least one of them...

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Feb. 14, 2004. 01:00 AM Conan the obnoxious In an editorial yesterday, we praised U.S. talk-show host Conan O'Brien for bringing his program here and featuring lots of Canadian talent. Well, we spoke far too soon. The editorial went to press before Thursday's episode was broadcast. Had we known the mean-spirited content of that instalment of NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien, we never would have invited him to return anytime. The program featured a nasty segment taped in Quebec city in which the show's obnoxious canine hand puppet stopped unsuspecting residents in the street and crudely insulted them for...

France congratulated Britain and America yesterday for persuading Libya to surrender its weapons of mass destruction and admitted it had been kept in the dark throughout the talks. Dominique de Villepin, the foreign minister, took his hat off to London and Washington's "exemplary" diplomatic efforts over the past few months that led to the Libyan leader Col Gaddafi's surprise announcement on Friday, calling it a victory for "the entire international community". But he was forced to admit in Le Figaro that France knew nothing of the nine months of secret negotiations. "We were not kept informed," M de Villepin said....

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Frenchman attempting to row across the Atlantic called his mother for help as he sat atop his capsized boat in rough waters 100 miles off Cape Cod, the head of the Ocean Rowing Society said on Tuesday. Emmanuel Coindre, who set off for France from the coast of Massachusetts last week, capsized early on Monday due to inclement weather and used a satellite phone to call for help as the boat took in water. "After five hours (trying to right the boat) he phoned his mother in France who called the French coast guard who called...