Opposition claims wide lead
HARARE (AP): The opposition claimed a wide lead Monday in Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary balloting, but official results were released piecemeal, heightening fears a regime accused of ruining the economy and undermining democracy planned to hold on to power...
McCain makes patriot pitch, Obama against Clinton pullout
WASHINGTON (AP):John McCain began Monday to woo voters with his military legacy, a gambit by the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee to define himself as the candidate who has national security experience lacking in his Democratic rivals...
Government to build 1,400 homes
JERUSALEM (AP): United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had barely left Israel yesterday following her latest peacekeeping mission when Israeli officials announced plans to build 1,400 new homes on land Palestinians claim for a future...
Aid workers pardoned
N'DJAMENA (AP): President Idriss Deby on Monday pardoned six French aid workers convicted in a kidnapping case, Chadian state-owned radio said.The six workers from a charity called Zoe's Ark had tried to take the 103 children to France in October,...
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