Gore graceful in defeat, Bush tries to bridge the great divide
America’s two major political forces called a truce after a debilitating five-week post election struggle which ended with a SC ruling handing the White House to Republican George W. Bush after eight years of Democratic rule that began with his father's ouster.



Putin starts Cuba trip, meets Castro
Cuban President Fidel Castro met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Havana late on Wednesday at the start of his highly symbolic visit to Moscow's ex-Cold War ally, now one of the world's few bastions of communism.



Hillary, Lazio senate race costliest in US history
The contest between Democrat First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rick Lazio for the New York seat was the most expensive Senate race in American history.



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