East Texas may hold key to Democratic primary

Battleground Texas in the Democratic presidential primary is firming up, with Hillary Rodham Clinton in control of South Texas and Barack Obama apparently owning Houston and Dallas, a new tracking poll shows.

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“Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has attacked US counterpart George W Bush as a “symbol of domination” as the pair continue rival Latin American tours.”
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An operation against Mexico traffickers leads to 400 arrests and seizes 18 tonnes of drugs, the US says.

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked the Italian PM Romano Prodi to remain in office after resigning last week over a vote on foreign policy.

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“On blogs everyone is allowed to write what they want. This proves how unintelligent the president and Al-Azahr are “Said kazia.Abdel Kareem Soliman,22, an Egyptian blogger blogging under the name Kareem Amer,has been sentenced for four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president.Abdel Kareem Soliman has used his web log to criticise the country’s top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator.

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According to report Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed his resignation to the country’s president after losing vote from coalition partners.Several of Mr Prodi’s coalition partners opposed troop deployments in Afghanistan and plans to expand a US airbase in northern Italy.According to Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema, the Senate vote that the government should resign if it did not command majority support on foreign policy.Renato Schifani, Senate leader of the biggest opposition party, Forza Italia said “I have in my hand one of the most important newspapers in the country with a declaration by Foreign Minister D’Alema: ‘Resignation if we have no majority’,There is no majority any more … There is no Prodi government any more. The Prodi government has fallen in this chamber.”

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Who could ever forget this name? Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator, Read the rest of this entry »

Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.

What a victory this is.Despite a low turnout of the referendum to be legally binding, Prime Minister Jose Socrates has said abortion will be legalised in Portugal .This move came after the referendum turnout:”59.3% backed a proposed change to the current law, which will allow women abortion until the 10th week of pregnancy.”The law will now be discussed and approved in parliament,” Mr Socrates said. “Our interest is to fight clandestine abortion and we have to produce a law that respects the result of the referendum.The people spoke with a clear voice” said Prime Minister Jose Socrates

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The Cuban Television Aired Footage of ailing President 80-year-old Fidel Castro for the first time in more than three months.’As I said before, this is far from being a lost battle,’ the recovering Castro, dressed in a sweatsuit, told Chavez in the video.Chavez, Castro’s doctors and Cuban authorities have all denied reports that Castro has cancer or a terminal illness and said he will eventually return to public life.

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The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez chose not to renew the license of the audiovisual group Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV),a private group whose principal activity consists in denigrating the policies of the Bolivarian government, which will expire May 28, 2007. This decision, which is completely legal, created a lively debate in the international press, which has become a mouthpiece for the Venezuelan opposition and immediately denounced a case of “censorship.”

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