CHILE: Pinochet's daughter detained in Washington
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP): THE OLDER daughter of former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was detained yesterday on arrival in Washington after failing to obey a summons by a Chilean judge who indicted her on tax evasion charges...
SOUTH AFRICA: ANC looks to women to curb government graft
PRETORIA (Reuters): HALF THE candidates of South Africa's ruling ANC in the March local government elections will be women, the party said yesterday, in what analysts say is a drive to curb graft and end protests over poor services.
MIDEAST: FIRST PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION IN A DECADE - Hamas challenges Fatah rule
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters): PALESTINIANS VOTED yesterday in their first parliamentary election in a decade, with Hamas expected to dent Fatah's near-monopoly on power and further complicate any prospects for peacemaking with Israel.
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