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Democrats vote against forcing Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman from homeland security committee...

Democrats in Congress today voted against a punishment for Joe Lieberman, their onetime vice-presidential nominee, who alienated many in the party by campaigning for John McCain during the election. Rather than remove Lieberman...

Obama job offer to Clinton annoys his supporters

Barack Obama's decision to offer Senator Hillary Clinton the prize cabinet job of Secretary of State has angered supporters of the US President-Elect. By Alex Spillius in Washington Advisers to the incoming president, Left-wing...

Alaskan senator Ted Stevens loses fight for re-election

Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaskan politics who gambled that voters would overlook his conviction on corruption charges, yesterday narrowly lost his race for re-election to the Senate.Stevens, who turned 85 on Tuesday, was...

City can be as big as Real Madrid, says Robinho

Robinho insists Manchester City can become one of the best clubs in the world and has set his sights on winning silverware in his first season at Eastlands. The £32.5m Brazilian has settled well into life in the Premier League,...

No escape from friendly fire for Fabio Capello

Graphic: the history boys do battle in Berlin If he were the demonstrative kind, Fabio Capello would have been unsure whether to laugh or cry. Half an hour before the injury that claimed Theo Walcott last night, the England...

GATLAND: McCAW IS MANNA FROM SEVEN

By Andrew Baldock, PA Sport Rugby Union Correspondent Wales boss Warren Gatland has refused to jump on the anti-Richie McCaw bandwagon, claiming he is "the greatest seven" in world rugby. Australia's 1991 World Cup-winning...

Football: George Burley the optimist chooses to see half-empty stadium as half-full

George Burley last night issued a firm defence of Scotland's football-supporting public despite little over half the tickets for tonight's visit of Argentina being sold, a potential source of embarrassment for the country's...

'Magnificently rude' MP loses cash over blog comments

A Labour MP says he has been stripped of a Parliamentary allowance for making fun of other MPs on his blog. Paul Flynn was told to remove posts including ones calling ex-Labour minister Peter Hain a "shapeshifter" and Lib Dem...

McCarthy keen to sink Cameroon

South Africa striker Benni McCarthy is hoping to help his country end the year on a high by winning the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge. The 31-year-old, who was a major doubt for the game against Cameroon on Wednesday...

McConnell to Detroit: drop dead

Unless the Democrats get aggressive Are leaders in Congress balking at a bailout for Detroit carmakers? Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, is trying his best to stop it.Top Senate Republicans said Tuesday...

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