6:05:26 PM  

President Bush's re-election campaign insisted on knowing the race of an Arizona Daily Star journalist assigned to photograph Vice President Dick Cheney.

The Star refused to provide the information.   Cheney is scheduled to appear at a rally this afternoon at the Pima County Fairgrounds.   A rally organizer for the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign asked Teri Hayt, the Star's managing editor, to disclose the journalist's race on Friday. After Hayt refused, the organizer called back and said the journalist probably would be allowed to photograph the vice president...

1:11:59 PM  

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) -- Some Democrats who signed up to hear Vice President Dick Cheney speak here Saturday were refused tickets unless they signed a pledge to endorse President Bush...

...For Saturday's event, Foley, a New Mexico legislator, said the Cheney campaign didn't want supporters denied places that might be taken by detractors...

...Richard Fox, a political science instructor at a local community college, said attempts to screen political events is commonplace.

But he said: "This pledge or this 'loyalty oath' -- quote-unquote -- to me is unheard of."

9:05:07 AM  

BBC Montenegro bans smoking in public. Montenegro 's parliament passes a law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

...Together with its partner Serbia in the union of Serbia and Montenegro, it has the third highest rate of smoking in Europe, beaten by Turkey and Greece...

8:58:55 AM  

...Mr. Bush is the most disliked American president abroad in living memory, perhaps in all of American history. I won't go into the reasons why. I simply note that what goes down well in Texas doesn't sit well in the most of the rest of the world...