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'Hurricane Karen' on mission to woo the Arab world By Alec Russell in Washington (Filed: 23/07/2005) Karen Hughes, the Texan who is credited with helping George W. Bush win two elections, set out her stall yesterday for a yet more daunting task - rebranding America to the Arab world. She appeared before a Senate committee, seeking endorsement as under-secretary for public diplomacy, where her task will be to reverse the global tide of anti-Americanism. Karen Hughes: promises "Hurricane Karen" has taken on and triumphed at her fair share of tricky public relations assignments. She softened Mr Bush's conservative image in...

Bush to woo Triangle on plan Published: Feb 9, 2005 President Bush speaks at an event at the U.S. Department of Commerce today in Washington. AP Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais By VALERIE BAUERLEIN, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON -- President Bush is coming to Raleigh on Thursday and bringing along U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole as an example of the rare politician who won office while pledging to change Social Security. Bush visited five states in two days last week to discuss his plan to allow younger workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in private savings accounts. He continues his...

Bush blocks Euro plan to woo Iran over nuclear freeze By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor (Filed: 18/01/2005) America has hobbled an effort by Britain and other European countries to persuade Iran to freeze its nuclear programme. Senior officials said privately that the US would not offer economic or political concessions to woo Teheran. President George W Bush is trying to improve relations with Europe and will visit London and Brussels next month. But in private, American officials are furious at the European Union's "engagement" with Teheran. They say they will not co-operate with what they see as the dangerous...

A man in Sicily in Italy asked a friend to shoot him in the groin in the hope of making his ex-girlfriend feel sorry for him, police said. Police in the central Sicilian city of Piazza Armerina said they became suspicious when the 27-year-old went to hospital with wounds from a hunting rifle's pellets in the groin area. At first he said the wounds had been caused in a hunting accident, but later admitted he had asked a 16-year-old friend to shoot him in an attempt to win back the affection of his girlfriend, who had apparently left him because...

Democrat leaders to woo single women Gary Younge, New York Saturday August 9, 2003 The Guardian (UK) Democratic party pollsters have identified single women as a key new demographic group that it must galvanise if it is to recover the White House next year. Nicknamed the "Sex in the City voters", single women are less likely to turn up to the polls than married women but more likely to vote Democrat if they do: a potentially rich source of votes if the Democrats can tap their concerns. Previously the party's pollsters concentrated on the gap between men, who tend to...

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<p>COACHELLA, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis began a two-day swing through the state's rural reaches to rally farmworkers and voters in the southern deserts and coastal farmlands.</p> <p>The statewide tour is part of two busy final weeks of campaigning for Davis and GOP challenger Bill Simon, who spent Sunday lunching with Central Coast Republicans and seeking support in San Jose, the heart of high-tech Silicon Valley.</p>