The pistol was seized from Hussein when he was captured near Tikrit last December. Some troops who caught the deposed president gifted it to Bush.
The gravest dangerÂ… facing America and the world is outlaw regimes that seek weapons of mass destruction, the US president said in his State of the Union address.
The president and First Lady Laura Bush sent their greetings through the members of the community who came to the Indian Treaty Room of the White House to mark the occasion as it had been done in past years of the Republican administration.
President George W Bush cited his popularity in India to reject criticism that the US had lost moral authority during his presidency.Addressing his final press conference at the White House a week before he hands over the presidency to Barack Obama on January 20.
While Nibin Maxwell, from Kollam in Kerala, was killed in the attack, two other Keralites -- Bush Joseph George and Paul Melvin -- were injured and are hospitalised.
President George W Bush has appointed Dr Sambhu N Banik of Bethesda, Maryland as a member of the President's Committee of People with Intellectual Disabilities, to serve out the remainder of a two-year term, which is expiring in May 2009. Banik is a noted clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology and counseling at Bowie State University in Maryland.
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon.
Bush was on a 'farewell' trip to Iraq, a month shy of demitting office, when Muntazer al-Zeidi, a reporter with the Al-Baghdadia channel, said it with shoes -- in Iraq, as in most nations, one of the direst forms of insult.
Bush said America had a 'strong commitment to support the preservation of Tibet's unique religious, cultural and linguistic identity'.
United States President George W Bush on Sunday appreciated Pakistan's role in the war against terrorism, as he held talks with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.During the hour-long meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Middle East in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, Bush lauded Pakistan's initiatives to curb terrorism and extremism, posing threat to the entire world. The two leaders also discussed ways and means to enhance economic cooperation.
Despite his low approval rating, Bush is very popular among conservative Republicans, whose support McCain needs to win the general election. Bush can also help in fund raising.
Venkayya, who announced that he will join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, becomes the second Indian American to walk away, following close on the heels of Karan Bhatia, who resigned as deputy United States trade representative in October.
The US would 'welcome and support' a new UN Security Council resolution if it highlights the world body's resolve, he said.
President George W Bush admitted on Friday that the United States is going through "tough times" amid fears that the economy has slid into recession, but assured Americans that the underlying strength of the economy would lead to a rebound. The country is "obviously going through tough times," he said but expressed confidence that the action taken by the government would put the economy back on track.
US President George W Bush says Osama bin Laden is "still alive" but regrets making his infamous edict to get the 9/11 terror mastermind "dead or alive" saying that it had sent a "wrong signal" to the Muslim world.
Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the mission, making him the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army's Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984.
Bush said that in its 60-year-old journey as an Independent nation, India has set an example for other countries.
Reports say homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff will be the likely successor
At a time when the US dollar is taking a major hammering in the global markets, including against the rupee, American President George W Bush has said that market forces would have to determine the value of the dollar against international currencies.
While 'the 'Clinton years' were great for Americans, the so-called 'Dot Com' bubble in the stock market burst long before Bush assumed office, and thus should not unfairly be weighed against him. Many of the bad decisions to strip away regulation from Wall Street and to encourage risky lending practices -- the best example being the millions of so-called sub-prime mortgages -- were made before Bush arrived, says Matthew Schneeberger
US President George W Bush on Wednesday came under severe attack from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, which described him as a "fool" for comparing Russian leader Lenin with the likes of Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler.
Bush said trade liberalisation and ongoing security efforts in the region had become increasingly important to global economic stability and to the ongoing war on terror
As India finalised its steps to open up the economy for investing and trade, Bush cleared the way for US companies to set up shop in India. The rise of India's IT and BPO industries -- which today are synonymous with India the world over -- owes a great deal to the policies pursued by George W Bush, says Matthew Schneeberger in his ongoing series summing up the Bush administration
Former United States president George W Bush has criticised the policies of his Republican successor Barack Obama, saying he has made a "mess of relations" with Pakistan and is worried about America's strategy on Afghanistan, a media report said.
The Indian Embassy in Israel issued an advisory on Tuesday, urging its nationals to move to safer areas in the country, a day after a missile fired from Lebanon killed one Indian and injured two others.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
Fifty-two per cent said they 'strongly' disapprove of his job performance, the highest figure of his presidency and more than three times the 16 per cent who strongly approve.
"Explore your passions. Learn who you are. Make mistakes -- you are allowed to," said Bush sisters in their letter to Obama girls.
Former United States president Donald Trump was injured after being shot in the ear during an apparent assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania after which a male attacker was shot and killed by a member of the Secret Service.
Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the NS-25 mission, making him the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army's Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to have hit it off with United States President Barack Obama and he got on famously well with his predecessor George W Bush as well.
In a statement, President Bush said the guilty verdict showed that 'the Iraqi people are replacing the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law.'
Students along with eminent people from across the ideological spectrum flocked to the open air auditorium in JNU.
The Democrats have elected a set of state representatives who will act as an electoral panel. These representatives will have to pick someone else. This could be Vice President Kamala Harris, who is widely seen as a top contender, but is not popular, points out Aakar Patel.
US President George W Bush has used his first veto during his six year presidency to reject a legislation that would have eased federal funding for stem cell research, saying the bill crosses a "moral" boundary.
In an interview to ABC news, Bush said pulling out from Iraq now would be akin to a surrender.
