But in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Ivorian president Laurent Gbabgo confirmed that the elections would take place as planned on November 29.

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Most journalists were surprised by how well Mr Gore's snog 'n' speech at the convention went down with the American people.

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One was a Tuesday lunch speech in Albuquerque, N.

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In 1960, Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev heckled and thumped his desk during British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's speech to the U.N.

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