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President Biden's smiling face during his meeting with President-elect Trump at the White House on Wednesday caught the attention of social media, sparking speculation that the incumbent Democratic president appeared happy to hand over the reins to Trump after his party pressured him to drop out of the presidential race in July. At the Oval Office meeting, Biden and Trump both pledged a smooth transition between administrations after the contentious end to the 2020 election. "I look forward… to having a smooth transition. We'll do everything we can to make sure you're accommodated, what you need," President Biden said as...

HARARE (AFP) - President Robert Mugabe's government was triumphant Saturday at the failure of a UN bid to impose fresh sanctions on Zimbabwe as Britain pledged to return to the Security Council if political violence continued. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown would discuss further measures with EU partners next week, a spokesman for the premier said in a statement. "We will continue to stand firmly for human rights and democracy and will return to the Security Council in the absence of early progress on mediation, humanitarian access and an end to violence," the statement added. Mugabe's government, meanwhile, thanked those...

Jubilant Iraqi looters strip military base after British forces pull out By Oliver Poole in Baghdad (Filed: 26/08/2006) Thousands of jubilant Iraqis looted the British military base in Amarah yesterday, only a day after the Army pulled out of the camp. Everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes was pillaged from Camp Abu Naji, previously Britain's only permanent base in Maysan province. Witnesses said that thieves filled up lorries with their gains. When one was asked what he was doing, he answered: "This is war loot." The British decision to hand over the camp to...

Stunned Dems, jubilant GOP look for lessons By Peter Savodnik November 4, 2004 Americans want gutsy, unwavering leadership on the war on terrorism, judges who won’t make laws, energy independence and a government that cuts taxes and spends less of their money. Above all, they want a president and a Congress that will lead the world and not be led by world opinion. Those were some of the lessons an emboldened Republican Party took away from Tuesday night’s election results, as the GOP held on to the White House for another four years and padded its House and Senate majorities....

Jubilant Haider looks for return to power of the far Right By Michael Leidig in Vienna (Filed: 08/03/2004) Austria's far-Right nationalist Jörg Haider's Freedom Party looked set to grasp a surprise victory in an election in the Alpine province of Carinthia, according to early returns yesterday. Polls had predicted that Haider might lose his power base but a partial count reported on Austrian state television, based on more than a quarter of votes cast, showed that Mr Haider's party had won 43 per cent of the vote to the Socialist Party's 38 per cent. Jörg Haider looks set to retain...

US neo-conservatives jubilant over WMD agreement By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 22 December 2003 After months on the defensive because of the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, the neo-conservative hawks responsible for the Bush administration's doctrine of pre-emptive warfare were quietly jubilant over the weekend following Libya's climb down over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and other significant gestures by Iran and Syria. The Libyan leadership's decision to abandon its weapons programme was a vindication, they said, of the long-standing argument that invading Iraq would give other countries an unambiguous signal of what they could expect if they pursued...