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First Person: 30 Years Since Reagan Shooting [VIDEO]

'It Is a Lie!' Ex-Israeli President Yells After Getting 7 Years for Rape

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli court today sentenced former President Moshe Katsav to seven years for rape and sexual assault, making him the highest-level official in the state of Israel to be sent to prison. Katsav was also ordered to pay fines of about $25,000 and $7,000 to two of his victims. The scene in court was...

Corruption Trial of Former French President Chirac Postponed [VIDEO]

Jimmy Carter Being Kept Overnight at Hospital

(Sept. 28) -- Former President Jimmy Carter will be held overnight at a Cleveland hospital after feeling ill on a flight to the city for a book signing today -- three days before his 86th birthday. MetroHealth Medical Center physicians said Carter was admitted to the hospital for continued observation, according to a...

George Bush Gets Motivational

While former Vice President Dick Cheney has been leading the conservative charge against the Obama administration, his old boss has kept a low profile since leaving office. That's changing now as George W. Bush steps into the spotlight as a motivational speaker. During his address to thousands at a "Get Motivated!"...

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05/20/12 Former president defends Blocher Source: swissinfo Former Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has defended as "normal" Christoph Blocher's role in passing on to her details of the private banking transactions of then Swiss National Bank president Philipp Hildebrand last December.

Background on former president

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. The eldest son of Barbara Bush and George H. W.

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