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Italians rebuff right-wing Berlusconi
April 14, 2006The center-left coalition headed by Romano Prodi has apparently won the Italian elections by a slim margin of 20,000 votes out of 40 million votes cast. It won a narrow majority of seats in the Chamber...
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Tom DeLay resigns, fate of seat uncertain
April 14, 2006HOUSTON — In the face of spiraling corruption charges, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), the former House majority leader, announced April 3 he will resign his seat in Congress in May or June, thereby avoiding an uphill...
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Maryland lawmakers block school takeovers
April 14, 2006BALTIMORE — Defying Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s veto and Bush administration threats of a cutoff in federal funding, the Maryland General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to block a state takeover of 11 Baltimore public schools under...
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NATIONALCLIPS: Nationwide 2 million march for immigrant justice
April 14, 2006Immigrants and their supporters turned up the pressure on President Bush and Congress with a wave that swept through more than 120 cities, suburbs and towns coast to coast from April 7 to April 10, the...
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Two more deaths in West Virginia mines
April 14, 2006PITTSBURGH — While coal companies are tallying up their first-quarter profits, two more West Virginia families have an empty chair when they sit down for a meal. Robert Runyon, 48, died April 7 in a roof...
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