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" Obama's victory was both broad and deep; he won hotly contested states in every corner of the country from New Hampshire in the Northeast, and likely Virginia in the South to Ohio in the Midwest and New Mexico...

City Band Go Top Of The Charts

"Coventry rock band The Enemy are celebrating today after storming to the top of the charts with their debut album. Their record, We'll Live and Die in These Towns, shot straight to the number one in yesterday's...

Nicolas Sarkozy Wins French Presidency; Celebrations and Demonstrations Begin

Sarkozy's victory is official, with celebrations and demonstrations breaking out in Paris."Riot police have fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting in central Paris at Mr Sarkozy's victory. According to the...

Mexico's Fox Gambles on a Crackdown

"Mexico's months-long political crisis took a precarious turn Saturday when President Vicente Fox sent special federal forces into the impoverished and violence-torn southern state of Oaxaca, after an American journalist and a local teacher were killed there on Friday. As...

Venezuela to give up UN candidacy for Bolivia: Morales

"Venezuela has agreed to drop out of the hotly contested race for Latin America's open seat on the UN Security Council and asked Bolivia to run in its place, Bolivia's president said. "Comrade (Venezuelan...

Korea: Anti-prostitution law gets makeover for second birthday

"September 23 was the second birthday of the Special Law on Prostitution, whose positive effects are still hotly contested, though the law has had one clear effect: sending massive numbers of Korean sex-workers abroad. The government will attempt to tackle the problem by...

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