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Venezuela rejects term limits
February 20, 2009Victory for democracy, Chavez says With 94 percent of the votes counted, Venezuela’s National Election Council announced late Feb. 15 the results of the referendum on term limits. Some 6 million “yes” voters, 54.4 percent, approved...
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Peace-seeking Israelis search for new direction
February 20, 2009The rightward shift in Israel’s Feb. 10 elections shows that those seeking peace “must look in new directions,” says a leader of Israel’s left-liberal Meretz party.
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Chasm between words and deeds
February 20, 2009When I heard Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina call for bank nationalization, and Sen. Chuck Schumer say “well .... let’s hold on a little longer,” I considered re-reading Alice in Wonderland. Schumer’s reluctance merely...
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Kyrgyzstan votes to shut key US air base
February 20, 2009Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Thursday to close a key US air base in the country. Deputies voted 78-1 for the government-backed Bill to cancel the lease agreement on the Manas air base, a transit point for...
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WORLDNOTES February 28, 2009
February 20, 2009Zimbabwe: Unity government formed Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, was sworn in as prime minister on Feb. 11 by President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe was acting in response to pressure brought last month...
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