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Today, President Bush vetoed an intelligence bill because he opposed a provision in it that would ban the use of torture.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement following President Bush's State of the Union Address.

The following is a transcript of the State of the Union address by President Bush.

Mikheil Saakashvili, who was secondly elected the President of Georgia made oath on the Georgian Constitution in front of the Georgian Parliament on today, pledged to calm troubled relations with Russia.

Former President Bill Clinton announced today at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York that Intel Corporation will bring its landmark teacher training program online to help more than 1.5 million teachers in 15 countries learn how to best integrate technology into their lesson plans to help students learn.

In an interview that airs this weekend on the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) program "Political Capital with Al Hunt," former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski threw his support behind Barack Obama's presidential candidacy.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the conservative candidate, is elected President of the French Republic with 53-55% of the vote, defeating Socialist Segolene Royal, television projections said.

Former President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin dies at age 76, the Kremlin says.

The 2007 French presidential election is held to elect a president of France for a five year term. The first round of voting is taking place on Sunday, 22 April 2007.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton confirms that she will run for the 2008 presidential race.

Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, has died. He was 93.