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Anti-war protests fail to dampen Jack's date with Condi By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor and Suzanne Finney (Filed: 01/04/2006) Condoleezza Rice breezed into Blackburn yesterday, evidently relishing the prospect of a good rowdy protest against her presence. Condoleezza Rice shows off a special Rovers shirt at Ewood Park A local mosque had withdrawn an invitation because of threats by extremists to disrupt the visit, and anti-war activists had vowed to dog her every move during her two days in the north-west of England with Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary. But for Miss Rice, the US secretary of state, this...

Judges dampen Democrats' legal hopes Panel of 3 will hear voting rights lawsuit By R.G. RATCLIFFE Aug. 29, 2003, 12:53AM AUSTIN -- Democrats' hopes of winning court relief in their congressional redistricting battle dimmed further Thursday after a judicial panel of two Republicans and a Democrat was named to hear their voting rights lawsuit. U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King named fellow appellate Judge Patrick Higginbotham and U.S. District Judges George P. Kazen and Lee Rosenthal to the panel to hear the Democrats' case. Kazen, during a hearing Wednesday in Laredo, made clear to Democratic...