Stephen Collinson
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/ 20 June 2005

Latte lovers left frothing over coffee wars

Radical latte lovers are getting the bean rolling in a new campaign against big brand coffee giants like Starbucks. In a new and frothy front in the struggle to turn back globalisation, United States coffee lovers are being offered the chance to wean themselves off what critics deride as the same blends and decor of big coffee chains.

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/ 26 May 2005

Condom ad stirs new battle in US culture wars

First came Madonna’s steamy smooch with Britney Spears, then Janet Jackson ignited fury by baring a breast. Now new battlelines are being drawn up in America’s culture wars — over TV condom ads. ”Condoms are the line in the sand,” said Randy Sharp of the American Family Association, which is behind a mass e-mail campaign to safeguard one of television’s last taboos.

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/ 12 October 2004

Bush, Kerry gear up for final debate

With polls showing the United States presidential race too close to call, the incumbent George Bush headed for the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado on Tuesday to shore up his Republican base there while preparing for his last nationally televised face-off with Democrat John Kerry.
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