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Bill Clinton's memoir joins 'Harry Potter' as a bestseller in Iranian bookshops By Agence France Presse (AFP) Friday, July 01, 2005 TEHRAN: Iranians may shout "Death to America" and burn the Stars and Stripes in demonstrations, but the memoir of former U.S. President Bill Clinton is on its way to becoming a runaway bestseller in the country. According to publisher Farhang Fattemi, who has just released the book, "many Iranians like the United States and want to hear history straight from the horse's mouth." First published in the U.S. last summer, "My Life" has hit the shelves in Iran in...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has joined Mayor James Hahn's re-election campaign as its honorary chair, the campaign announced Monday. Feinstein, a Democrat, has represented California in the U.S. Senate since 1992 and before that was mayor of San Francisco. "I am very proud and honored that Sen. Feinstein has agreed to serve as honorary chair of my campaign," Hahn said in a statement. "She has been a great friend and partner in our efforts to make Los Angeles a great place to live." Hahn faces competition from former state Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, state Sen. Richard...

BOSTON - Shove it, then rhyme it with rich. Then roll it a batch of baked cookies and teas. Teresa Heinz Kerry joined the company of blunt-speaking political spouses this convention week by telling a reporter to stop misquoting her and "shove it." Barbara Bush set the standard in 1984 when she called Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro a $4 million "rhymes with rich" during the campaign to re-elect President Reagan and Mrs. Bush's husband, Vice President George Bush. She later apologized. Nine years later, Mrs. Bush was first lady when future Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web...

Bush's TV ally joins chorus of criticism By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 11/02/2004) A cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq apologised to Americans yesterday for supporting pre-war claims that Saddam Hussein harboured weapons of mass destruction. Bill O'Reilly, the host of the highest-rated talk show on US television and one of the most powerful conservative voices in the country, told viewers that he was sorry he had given the Bush administration the benefit of the doubt and promised to be more sceptical in the future. "I was wrong, I am not pleased about it at all, and I think...

Rat Joins List of Cloned Animals Thu Sep 25, 4:53 PM ET By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It had to happen. Scientists have finally cloned a rat. A team of researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Jouy en Josas, France, and a company called GenOway said on Thursday they had cloned the favored laboratory animal for many researchers, and hope the technology will provide better animals for future research. "The rat is one of the most widely used animal models in scientific research," GenOway, a company that supplies genetically engineered cell...

Monday, 11 November, 2002, 11:51 GMT Army joins raid on Jordan city Soldiers have been ordered in to the southern city of Maan to back up officers hunting for wanted Islamic militants. At least four people have been killed since police officers stormed the city at dawn on Sunday and clashes are continuing with the operation which some say is to quell resistance ahead of any US-led conflict in Iraq. The army operation will continue for as long as it takes to arrest all the outlaws Among the fugitives being hunted is prominent Islamist leader Mohammad Shalabi - also known...