HOW THE UN MEETING TURNED INTO A FESTIVAL OF ANTI-AMERICANISM - AND BOOSTED DUBYA'S ELECTION HOPES - DAVID USBORNE (INDEPENDENT, SEPTEMBER 23): With the help of Iran's unflinching leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and a few others, Mr. Chavez successfully hijacked this year's UN General Assembly and turned it into a raucous carnival of anti-Americanism. Nile Gardiner, of the Heritage Foundation, said: "This is a huge public diplomacy challenge, but also a strategic threat."
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