US Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart trouble, was being taken to a hospital for tests today after experiencing some shortness of breath, a White House spokesman said.

THE co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream company is on the road in the US, towing a 12-foot-tall effigy of US President George W Bush with fake flames shooting out of the pants.

An American city council that opposed the war on Iraq and recently sued Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked Congress to look into impeaching President George Bush.