Sep 18th, 2008 · The man who engineered President Bush's victories is offering his view of this campaign. Karl Rove tells the Associated Press that Sarah Palin's extreme celebrity won't last until the election. He still praises the choice, and also says John McCain's demeanor has improved. Back in 2000, the campaign against McCain included questions about his fierce temper. Now Rove says McCain is calmer than in 2000, when he was "a little bit of a hothead."
Keywords: President Bush · 2000 · celebrity · engines · campaign · extreme · McCain · John McCain · Associated Press · Karl Rove · victorious · Demeanor
Jan 29th, 2008 · Baghdad may be calmer, but in many outlying areas of Iraq, insurgents pose a persistent threat. One Army unit's offensive against al-Qaida fighters in a village along the Tigris River highlights new efforts to secure rural Iraq.
Keywords: Iraq · Village · rural · Baghdad · insurgents · army · offensive · fighter · calmer · al Qaida · Tigris River
Jan 15th, 2008 · Robert Siegel talks with Ira Epstein, president of Ira Epstein and Co. Futures in Chicago, about the recently rising market for gold. It's an old standby investment, a "safe haven" for your money, Epstein says -- and it hit record prices in recent days: above $900 an ounce. But the gold market was calmer Tuesday.
Keywords: Robert Siegel · Investor · president · Chicago · money · gold · ounce · Epstein · calmer · standby · Ira Epstein
Jun 1st, 2006 · East Timor got a slight respite from the violence that erupted just over a week ago. With foreign troops bolstering domestic security efforts, the gangs that had roamed the streets of the capital for days were largely absent. East Timor's president, Xanana Gusmao, toured the capital, urging people to return home.
Keywords: Violence · security · domestic · president · capital · impoverished · foreign · Timor · calmer · respite · Xanana Gusmao
Aug 4th, 2005 · More than 100 people died in Sudan this week in a wave of riots and ethnic clashes sparked by the death in a helicopter crash of Sudan's vice president, John Garang. Noel King, a journalist working in Khartoum, says that a calmer atmosphere is beginning to take hold.
Keywords: Violence · Sudan · John Garang · government · Riots · president · deaths · vice · ethnic · helicopters · Khartoum · atmosphere
