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George H.W. Bush dies; 41st U.S. president saw end of Cold War - Los Angeles Times George Herbert Walker Bush, the linchpin of an American political dynasty and 41st president of the United States, who rode foreign policy triumphs to high popularity at the end of the Cold War only to suffer a revolt in his own party and a painful defeat for reelection, has died. He was 94. During his single term in the White House, the Berlin Wall fell, newly democratic states sprang up across Central and Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union came to an end. And in the Middle East, the U.S. military launched its most successful offensive since World War II. But the end of the Cold War also signaled the end of an era of American bipartisanship that the long conflict with the Soviets had fostered. Bush, the product of an earlier era, seemed out of phase with a younger, harder-edged generation of conservatives rising in his party. When he broke a pledge not to raise taxes, they turned against him. He wou...

Nancy Pelosi clears first hurdle to regaining House speakership - Los Angeles Times House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday easily won the support of a majority of next year’s House Democrats to become the party’s nominee for speaker, rebuffing attempts from a faction of rebel lawmakers who were pushing for new leadership. Pelosi’s real test of whether she can regain the gavel will come Jan. 3, when she will need the vast majority of Democrats to support her on the House floor for the final vote to elect a speaker.

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, admits to lying to Congress in new plea deal with Mueller - NY Daily News

Alès : une femme qui menaçait de se faire exploser dans une banque s'est rendue au RAID : Dans la matinée du 29 novembre, une femme de 60 ans s'est enfermée dans une banque LCL du centre ville d'Alès dans le Gard. Munie d'un sac à dos, elle menaçait de tout faire exploser. Elle s'est finalement rendue sans violence au RAID.

L'ancien ambassadeur de France à Tbilissi élue présidente de la Géorgie : Salomé Zourabichvili, soutenue par le parti au pouvoir Rêve géorgien, a été élue présidente avec plus de 59% des voix. Mikheïl Saakachvili, fondateur du Mouvement national uni dont le candidat a été battu, a dénoncé une «fraude électorale massive».

President of Chad meets with Netanyahu, 'wants to renew ties' with Israel : After meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President of Chad Idriss Deby declared his desire to reestablish relations with the Jewish state, following a decades-long break in diplomacy between the nations.