Geneva: Bush Shoe Thrower Gets Hero's Welcome
GENEVA — The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause. Th...
GENEVA — The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause. Th...
AP | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The expected release on Monday of the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush was p...
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — Iraq's highest court on Tuesday reduced the prison sentence for an Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former President George W....
Reuters | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
More than 100 protesters chanted "war criminal" and flung shoes in Calgary on Tuesday, angry that former U.S. President George W. Bush was in the Cana...
AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 04.12.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — A court convicted an Iraqi journalist of assault Thursday for hurling his shoes at George W. Bush and sentenced him to three years in ...
Haaretz | Posted 04.08.2009 | World
A shoe was recently hurled at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he was in the city of Urmia, an Iranian Web site has reported. ...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman, Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
President Obama today announced his plan to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 and declared that the US has "begun the work of ending thi...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
An Israeli reserves officer has become the latest target of the shoe throwers. Ynet News reports that Ron Edelheit was giving a speech on Israel's Gaz...
AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush did not apologize as his trial began Thursday, and instead struck a defiant...
Reuters | The Times | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
Mr al-Zaidi goes on trial today in Baghdad for assaulting a visiting head of state, which carries a maximum prison term of 15 years. ...
AP, CNN | MARTIN BENEDYK | Posted 03.05.2009 | World
CAMBRIDGE, England — A protester threw a shoe at China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Monday while he was giving a speech at Cambridge University, ...
Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
A shoe monument was put up yesterday in Tikrit, Iraq, to honor the journalist who threw his own shoes at former President Bush last month. Reuters ...
New York Post | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
Iraqis have literally given former President Bush the boot. A sofa-sized shoe monument was unveiled today in Tikrit - the hometown of the former Iraq...
AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 02.19.2009 | World
GENEVA — A dispute broke out Monday over future plans for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush. A Swiss lawyer s...
AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 01.24.2009 | World
BAGHDAD — The newly resigned Iraqi parliament speaker on Wednesday praised the journalist who threw shoes at President George W. Bush and said t...
Press TV | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics
The Iraqi journalist who shocked the world by throwing his shoes at the US president reportedly says he would do it again if given the opportunity. "...
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.16.2009 | World
* Scroll down for slideshow, video An Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw his shoes at President Bush and has been hailed as a hero acros...
AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 10.19.2009 | World