She tried to defeat - Hillary Clinton did - Barack on a foreign policy platform at the end there that fell flat on its face as far as not talking to your enemies and keeping up that blustery cold war attitude that the Republicans like.

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But Washington insists the missile defence system would be to protect against what it refers to as "rogue nations" such as North Korea, Iran and Iraq -- but not its former Cold War rivals.

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"ScottishPower is now out in the cold as the only major energy supplier in Scotland that is not offering any relief for its hardest pressed customers, " she said.

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