Ex-bishop wins Paraguayan election; 6-decade rulers dumped - Yahoo! News
The world's longest-ruling political party lost its six-decade grasp on power in Paraguay with the presidential victory of a former Roman Catholic bishop. ADVERTISEMENT Political newcomer Fernando Lugo, a charismatic 56-year-old who resigned from the church to run for president, put an end to the Colorado Party's 61-year reign in Sunday's election, rallying voters against political corruption and economic disarray.
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McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog
SOMEWHERE in NORTHERN IOWA — The unthinkable has happened. Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn’t – or perhaps wouldn’t – answer. Did he support the distribution of taxpayer-subsidized condoms in Africa to fight the transmission of H.I.V.? What followed was a long series of awkward pauses, glances up to the ceiling and the image of one of Mr. McCain’s aides, standing off to the back, urgently motioning his press secretary to come to Mr. McCain’s side.
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Monks under siege in monasteries as protest ends in a hail of gunfire - Times Online
Paramilitary police have surrounded Tibet’s most important monasteries after hundreds of monks shouting “Long live the Dalai Lama” defied Beijing in the biggest protest in the Himalayan region for almost 20 years.
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BBC NEWS | Americas | Pentagon bans Google map-makers
The US defence department has banned the giant internet search engine Google from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases.
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Andean tensions rise | Video | Reuters.com
Venezuela moves tank battalions to the Colombian border, where Ecuador is building up forces, amid escalating Andes region crisis. The move escalates tensions in a dispute over a Colombian weekend raid inside another of its neighbors, Ecuador, to kill rebels in an operation that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says could spark a war in the Andean region.
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Ecuador says catches Colombian rebels | Reuters
Ecuador announced a rare capture of Colombian guerrillas on Thursday as Latin American leaders gathered for a summit that will be dominated by a regional crisis over a cross-border raid by Colombia.
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Jewish Rep. Cohen Battles Antisemitism and Racism In Re-Election - The Sleuth
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The Raw Story | Video: Stewart slams media for provoking campaign drama
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