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A majority (55%) of likely voters surveyed thought it was more likely (much more and somewhat more likely combined) that Vice President Biden is in the early stages of dementia, while 45% thought it was less likely (much less and somewhat less likely combined). Overall, subgroups who normally approve of Trump's job as president, were the most likely to believe Biden could be suffering from dementia. Thus, majorities of Republicans (77% more likely/23% less likely) and Independents (56% more likely/44% less likely) thought Joe Biden had early-onset dementia; while nearly a third of Democrats (32% more likely/68% less likely)...

Geneva Initiative architects Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo met US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Washington Friday in spite of growing resistance to their plan. The meeting lasted 40 minutes, and before continuing to their meeting with UN Gen.-Sec. Kofi Annan, the two met with the President's adviser on Middle Eastern affairs Elliot Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns and his assistant David Sutherfield. Powell told Beilin and Abed Rabbo that their initiative did not affect the Road Map timetable, which envisions a Palestinian State by 2005, and the two said after the meeting that Powell regarded...