George W crowned with nomination under patriarch Bush's benevolent gaze
An energised Republican laity chanted "It's-time-for-them-to-go!" as party delegates formally voted George W Bush as the official Presidential candidate and vice-presidential nominee Dick Cheney delivered a tub-thumping acceptance speech on Day Three of the Republican National Convention here.



Bush prepares to accept Republican nomination
US Republican convention readied a grand celebration on Thursday, with Texas Governor George W Bush preparing to deliver the most important speech of his life in accepting the party's presidential nomination.



Smiling general Suharto is no longer smiling
Former Indonesian President Suharto is no longer smiling. Now a step away from the court house door, the "smiling general" - as he preferred to be known when he ruled the country with an iron hand for 32 years - was on Thursday formally charged with embezzling $ 155 million of state funds.



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