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Wednesday 19 November 2008
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Alaska Democrats claim victory in senate fight
On Tuesday, Democrats claimed victory by a narrow margin over Alaska's senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate. Stevens was earlier found guilty of corruption.
Monday 10 November 2008
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Billionaire mayoral candidate stirs controversy
Arkadi Gaydamak, a Russian-Israeli tycoon on trial in absentia in France on suspicion of arms trafficking, is a celebrity in Israel. He wants to become Jerusalem's mayor, running on a short but ambitious election platform.
Sunday 09 November 2008
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Divisions loom over municipal elections
The Jerusalem mayoral race takes the spotlight in Israel's municipal elections, to be held Tuesday. The candidates hold widely divergent positions on the future of the hotly contested Holy City.
Saturday 08 November 2008
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National Party wins parliamentary elections
John Key's centre-right National Party has won the New Zealand parliamentary elections promising "politics of aspiration", putting an end to nine years of Helen Clark's Labour Party.
Thursday 06 November 2008
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Mumbai new immigrants victims of xenophobia
Every day, 500 new immigrants from other Indian states enter Mumbai, the Indian economic capital, looking for work. They have recently fallen prey to a xenophobic party, the MNS, and been threatened and assaulted.
