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Nicollette Sheridan, Michael Bolton end engagement

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement.

Book: Powell Pushed Iran Policy Shift

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to change U.S. policy on Iran, aligning with European allies to offer "carrots" to Tehran to end its nuclear program instead of pressing for sanctions, says John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Bolton: US Should Support Musharraf

The United States should support President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to prevent Pakistan's nuclear arsenal from falling into the hands of Islamic fundamentalists or al-Qaida terrorists, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Friday.

Bolton: U.S. Following Flawed Iran Plan

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton says the United States may not be able to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons because the Bush administration is following a flawed diplomatic strategy.

Bush Accepts Bolton's U.N. Resignation

Lacking the votes to keep his job, embattled U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday he would resign, a defeat for a chagrined President Bush who had clung to hopes of Senate confirmation.

Bolton Unlikely to Win Senate Approval

John Bolton's prospects for staying on as U.N. ambassador essentially died Thursday as Democrats and a pivotal Republican said they would continue to oppose his nomination.

Sheridan, Bolton Are Reportedly Engaged

Singer Michael Bolton and "Desperate Housewives" actress Nicollette Sheridan are engaged, according to "Access Hollywood."

Bolton Blasts 'Sex and Corruption' at U.N.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Saturday that the world body is hobbled "by bad management, by sex and corruption" and a lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions.

U.N. Council to Give Bolton Daily Updates

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton's second day as president of the U.N. Security Council on Friday was more successful than his first: The 14 other members agreed to his request for daily briefings on U.N. peacekeeping operations and global hotspots.

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Alwayswriteagain: Bright Star Falls To Earth
Source: Alwayswriteagain.blogspot.com

I confess not to have previously known Bright Star – said to be Keats's last sonnet and composed on board ship off the Dorset coast at Lulworth, on his way to Italy, where he died.

Honduras: Military Coup Engineered By Two US Companies
Source: Information clearing house

Honduras...more U.S. interference? How does that question go? Why do they hate us?

John Bolton: Bill Clinton Close To Negotiating With Terrorists
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog

The Obama administration is rewarding North Korea for its bad behavior by sending ex-president Bill Clinton to Pyongyang to win the release of two US journalists, the former US ambassador to the UN said Tuesday.

Bill Clinton rewarding NKorea for bad behavior: Bolton - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

Bolton needs to take his opintion and shove it where the sun don't shine. He is a political hack who fails at evertthihg he does. I give Clinton 2 thumbs up! Yeah Bill!!!!

John Bolton wants Israel to attack Iran
Source: afterdowningstreet

Add Iran to the long list of places Bolton would love to attack. The full list includes Somalia, Chicago, Iraq (he wanted this one so badly he manipulated inspections by firing the head of a global arms-control agency in 2002,) and of course, North Korea.

Millionaire 'carried out sexual assault on mother-of-two while his own CCTV system recorded attack'
Source: the Mail online

A millionaire businessman was caught on his own CCTV system allegedly attempting to rape a terrified mother-of-two at his luxury mansion, a court heard.

More Treacherous Madness from CPAC: Day after Bolton jokes about nuking Chicago, Coulter suggests she might let three U.S. cities be bombed, depending on which cities they were
Source: Media Matters for America

Jokes about nuking America's cities seem to have been all the vogue at the 2009 CPAC . On Friday John Bolton joked about a nuclear attack on Chicago and on Saturday Ann Coulter cracked one about seeing three US cities destroyed.

Arsenal leave it late for win over Bolton

Arsenal 1 - 0 Bolton. On a very cold afternoon at the Emirates Stadium Arsenal dominated the stat sheet but only managed to win the match with a goal in the 84th minute by substitute Nicklas Bendtner.

John R. Bolton - Russia Unromanticized - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

Former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George Shultz argued recently on this site that the United States should neither be "isolating" Russia nor drifting toward "confrontation." The Post's Masha Lipman urged us to avoid "Cold War preconceptions and illusions." Unfortuna …

Apre's le Deluge, Toi (Revising Bush Down)

(What did you see at the empire, oh Peggy dear?) Uber neo-con "statesman" John R. Bolton just came out, (on the pages of the Murdoch's WSJ, of course) as the first, in a very long line, of Righties waiting for the freedom to flay George W. Bush.

Ruling: White House Aides Not Immune From Congressional Subpoenas
Source: ABC News

A federal court ruled today that top White House aides are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a decision that is likely to reignite the investigation into politicization at the Justice Department.

Judge rules White House aides can be subpoenaed
Source: International Herald Tribune

President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches. House Democrats called the ruling a ringing endorsement of the principle that nobody is above the law.

Israel and Iran | It's later than you think | Economist.com
Source: The Economist

The looming spector of WWIII.

Never say die: return of the warriors - Opinion - smh.com.au
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

The neocons who pushed for the invasion of Iraq got egg on their faces, but are regrouping for another battle, writes Peter Hartcher.

Shackled Warrior
Source: frontpagemag.com

Glick: There are several key threats, some are military, some are economic and some are cultural. All complement each other in ways that compound the dangers to the free world – with Israel as its frontline outpost.

Mother fined £300 for putting bins out early
Source: Telegraph

A woman has been fined nearly £300 for leaving her bins out a day before they were due to be collected.

Bring On the Foreign Policy Debate - Bolton in WSJ.com
Source: Wall Street Journal

President Bush's speech to Israel's Knesset, where he equated "negotiat[ing] with the terrorists and radicals" to "the false comfort of appeasement," drew harsh criticism from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders.

Liverpool Must Brace For A Champions League Upset
Source: soccernetlive.com

Over the past few weeks, punters who placed their faith on Arsenal had their fingers burnt badly. The Gunners slumped into a crisis, blew their five points advantage, and now languish six points behind league leader Manchester United.

Art con fake may go back on show
Source: BBC News

A worthless fake statue which a museum paid £440,000 for, believing it to be 3,300 years-old, may go back on display to the public.

The 1998 Plans to Invade Iraq
Source: Daily Kos

Ten years ago, on January 26, 1998, Elliott Abrams, Richard L. Armitage, William J. Bennett, Jeffrey Bergner, John Bolton, Paula Dobriansky, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Peter W.

Manchester | Girl, 11, saves family from blaze
Source: BBC News

An 11-year-old has been praised by firefighters after she helped save her family from a blaze. The schoolgirl calmly followed fire control staff instructions by phone as flames and smoke filled her home in Great Lever, Bolton.

Israel may have to take military action against Iran: Bolton
Source: Raw Story

Former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said on Monday that Israel may have to take military action to prevent its archfoe Iran from acquiring an atomic bomb.

Off Target
Source: MotherJones.com

While the White House talked about WMD, it quietly gutted efforts to stop their spread.

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