George W. Bush is riding high. A megamillionaire, from the taxpayer-subsidized Texas Rangers company, he makes $150,000 to $200,000 per speech, receives a large presidential pension and support facilities and is about to dedicate the $500 million George W. Bush Presidential Library and ...

WASHINGTON - Former President George W. Bush returned to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait Thursday, joining his successor President Barack Obama in a congenial ceremony that set aside their political differences. Obama credited Bush with going out of his way to make sure ...

WASHINGTON - Former President George W. Bush returned to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait Thursday, joining his successor President Barack Obama in a congenial ceremony that set aside their political differences.Obama credited Bush with going out of his way to make sure ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - He faced defeat in a presidential election, he was 18 points down in the polls, and George HW Bush needed a partner who could ride to the rescue: Clint Eastwood. At least that was one idea thrown out during the hunt for a vice presidential candidate in the 1988 election, it was ...

Late last year, former US president George W Bush recounted in his memoir, Decision Points, that when he was asked in 2002 if it was permissible to waterboard a detainee held in secret CIA custody outside the United States, he answered damn right. This decision point led to the waterboarding of ...

BUFFALO (NY) (Agencies) - Longing for the early years of the Bush administration, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been consumed by anti-US conspiracy theories, convinced American officials are now working against him, according to a diplomatic cable from the US ambassador to Afghanistan, reports ...

WASHINGTON Former first lady Barbara Bush had some words of advice for Sarah Palin, who plans to run for president in 2012 - stay in Alaska. In an interview with CNNs Larry King Monday night, Mrs Bush, 85, said, I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful. And I think shes very happy in ...

KIM Kardashian has secretly started planning her wedding to beau Reggie Bush, according to reports. The socialite - who recently rekindled her romance with the football player - has apparently been inspired to walk down the aisle following her sister Khloes recent nuptials. Kim and Reggie havent ...

According to the New York Post, a new book by former Washington Post reporter Ronald Kessler details how Jenna and Barbara gave the Secret Service fits during Bushs presidency. From an excerpt in the Post: Jenna would purposely try to lose her protection by going through red lights or by jumping in ...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Tuesday called the Bush government "a failed administration" and said that the US and the world could not afford a repeat of the last eight years. Kissinger also made similar statements about the Bush administration in ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's administration has sided with predecessor George W Bush on the rights of detainees at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, saying they cannot challenge their detention in US courts. In a two-sentence court filing Friday, the US Justice Department said "the ...

WASHINGTON - Even at his final Press conference of his presidency Monday, George W Bush ignored the growing domestic and international opinion against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the Jewish state has a right to defend itself against Palestinian fighters' rocket attacks. Any ...

JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George W Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday. "She was left shamed. A resolution that she prepared and arranged, and in the end ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former president George HW Bush Sr, father of the outgoing US President Bush, on Sunday touted another son Jeb for a future presidential bid. "I'd like to see him run. I'd like to see him be president some day," the elder Bush, 84, who was the 41st president, told "Fox News ...

A Chinese shop is giving discounts to customers who hit an image of George Bush by throwing shoes. Customers hitting zones A-D can receive a discount from 20% to 50% off at the store in Wenzhou. The activity, with a slogan "Hitting for world fame and good fortune", was so popular among shoppers ...

NEW YORK - The shoe hurled at President George W Bush has sent sales soaring at a Turkish shoe market as orders have started pouring in from Iraq, US and Iran, according to media reports from Istanbul. The brown, thick-soled "Model 271" may soon be renamed "The Bush Shoe" or "Bye-Bye Bush," ...

WASHINGTON - US President George W Bush, who is leaving the White House on Jan 20, said on Wednesday that the war on terror will continue long beyond his presidency. Speaking to military officers at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Bush said that "the struggle against terror will ...

BAGHDAD (Agencies) - An Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes and an insult at George W Bush, without hitting him, as the US President was shaking hands with the Iraqi Premier at his Baghdad office on Sunday. The reporter also called Bush a "dog" in Arabic. As the two leaders met in Nuri al-Maliki's ...

LIMA (AFP) - Hundreds of students rallied late Saturday in Peru outside of the US ambassador's residence to denounce visiting President George W Bush, blaming him for poverty and human rights abuses. "Fascist Bush, you are the terrorist" some 300 leftist students chanted as they marched through the ...

WITH record low approval ratings and intense criticism for his handling of the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina and the economy, the word most used to label George W Bush's presidency will be "incompetent", historians say, reports CNN. "Right now there is not a lot of good will among historians. Most ...

WASHINGTON - President George W Bush has approved provision of a refurbished US anti-submarine frigate to Pakistan, which is scheduled for delivery in August 2010, giving the country's navy a boost, according to Pakistani Embassy officials. FFG-8 McInerney frigate's mission is to provide ...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration explicitly endorsed the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against Al-Qaeda suspects in a pair of secret memos to the CIA in '03 and '04, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The classified memos were requested by then CIA ...

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush Tuesday announced measures to implement a plan of action agreed by the Group of Seven (G7) major advanced countries and to strengthen the banking industry. The government will use a portion of the 700-billion-US-dollar financial rescue package to inject ...

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - US economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of George W. Bush's handling of the global financial crisis, on Monday won the Nobel Economics Prize. The 55-year-old Princeton University professor has worked intensely on the impact of free trade and globalisation, as well as the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush vowed to fight to rescue the US economy Tuesday as world leaders pressed for action after Congress blocked a 700 billion dollar bailout. As global markets again reeled from the fallout of the financial crisis, central banks pumped out more billions ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Monday warned lawmakers wary of his 700-billion-dollar debt bailout scheme that "failure to act would have broad consequences" for the battered US economy. "Americans are watching to see if Democrats and Republicans, the Congress and the White ...

WASHINGTON: - U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday his administration is taking "unprecedented action" to deal with the ailing financial markets. "America's economy is facing unprecedented challenges," Bush said in a Rose Garden statement. "We're responding with ...

WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush on Monday expressed his confidence that the U.S. economy would weather impacts of the shocks in  financial markets. The US economy is healthy enough to withstand "the adjustments that are taking place" in the financial markets, Bush said ...

WASHINGTION - For the second day running, Bush administration official have neither confirmed nor denied that President George W. Bush secretly  approved orders in July allowing U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets without Islamabad's prior approval. But ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush on Saturday urged the US Congress held by his Democratic foes to back free trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia and clear the way for more oil drilling. In his weekly radio address, Bush noted that lawmakers were returning from their ...