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Fernando Lugo, populist, favored in Paraguay elections
March 5, 2008Opinion surveys suggest former Bishop Fernando Lugo will win Paraguay’s presidential elections set for April 20. One poll estimates a 40 percent total for Lugo, 26.6 percent for Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar, and 22.4 percent...
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A look behind Kenya’s power-sharing agreement
March 2, 2008Facing the prospect of a new round of mass protests, the Kenyan regime headed by Mwai Kibaki agreed to a power-sharing arrangement negotiated by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Signed on Feb. 28, the deal...
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Castros retirement sparks worldwide reaction
February 29, 2008Cuba has a new president. Voting on Feb. 24, Cuba’s National Assembly elected former First Vice President Raul Castro as President of the Council of State, the official whom Cuba’s constitution designates as President of the...
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World notes: March 1, 2008
February 29, 2008Germany: For immigrants, class rules A day after attending Feb. 7 funeral services in Germany for victims of a fire possibly set by racists, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
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Iraqi Communist Party calls for immediate end to Turkish military operations
February 26, 2008The Iraqi Communist Party issued a press statement on 22 February 2008 condemning the incursion by Turkish forces into Iraqi territory and calling on the Turkish authorities to immediately end their military operations. The following is...
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