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World Notes
January 13, 2006Nigeria: Prison reform approved A plan to reform abysmal prison conditions in Nigeria has been approved by the federal government. About 45,000 inmates are currently held in 277 prisons across the West African country, reports the...
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Did Arnold turn over a new leaf?
January 13, 2006California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying hard to convince voters he’s turned over a new, centrist leaf since his corporate-inspired, anti-labor state makeover proposals went down to defeat last November. In his Jan. 5 State of...
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World trip underscores Bolivians historic win
January 13, 2006Indigenous leader Evo Morales gained 54 percent of the popular vote in Bolivia’s Dec. 18 presidential election, and his totals would have been more had election officials not decertified a million poor people before the voting....
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Sharons stroke raises big question marks
January 13, 2006Commentary Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 4, resulting in a severe stroke. Paramedics rushed Sharon from his ranch in the Negev Desert to a Jerusalem hospital for life-saving surgery. Three operations...
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Bay Area hurricane evacuees still need help
January 13, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — More than four months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, hundreds of evacuees continue to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some plan to return home as soon as...
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