Pakistan Delays Election Decision Date Due Tomorrow (Update2)
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Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — Pakistans Election Commission will
announce tomorrow whether the Jan. 8 parliamentary ballot should
be delayed because of violence sparked by last weeks
assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
“We will consult [...]
Kenya#39;s Kibaki Says He#39;s Open to Talks to End Crisis (Update1)
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Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Kenyas President Mwai Kibaki said
hes open to talks with opposition parties over a disputed
presidential ballot that sparked violence and exposed ethnic
tensions in the east African nation.
Kibaki met [...]
Kenya#39;s Kibaki Says He#39;s Open to Talks to End Political Crisis
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Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) — Kenyas President Mwai Kibaki said
hes open to talks with opposition parties over a disputed
presidential ballot that sparked violence and exposed ethnic
tensions in the east African nation.
Kibaki met [...]
Musharraf Says Bhutto Ignored Government Warnings (Update3)
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Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
said slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto ignored warnings
about possible attacks, as he dismissed charges of government
involvement in her assassination last week.
“I am not fully [...]
Kenya Police Seal Capital in Fourth Day of Clashes (Update9)
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Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) — Kenyan police sealed Nairobi and
broke up protests with water cannons and baton charges in a
fourth day of clashes over last weeks disputed presidential
election.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who [...]
Pakistan Delays Election to Feb. 18 Due to Violence (Update2)
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Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Pakistans Jan. 8 general election, which
was supposed to return the country to democracy after eight years
of one-man rule by Pervez Musharraf, will be delayed to Feb. 18,
according to the Election Commission.
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Musharraf Pledges `Free#39; Pakistan Election After SixWeek Delay
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Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Pakistans general election, delayed by
six weeks to Feb. 18, will be transparent, President Pervez Musharraf
said on national television.
“I have always said elections will be free, fair and
transparent, [...]
Sallie Mae Debt Default Risk Reaches Highest Ever (Update1)
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Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — The risk of SLM Corp. defaulting on its
debt rose to the highest ever as the appointment of a new chairman
and chief financial officer at the biggest U.S. education lender
failed to ease concerns that the companys financial standing will
deteriorate further. [...]
Alan Bennett Was Right About Getting Into Oxford Coaches Show
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Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — James Uffindell, wearing a pinstriped
suit and walkie-talkie headset, races along the corridors of an
18th-century manor outside Oxford, England, as he presides over
an October weekend retreat for 175 ambitious teenagers.
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Zapatero Calls Election as Economic Growth Slows (Update3)
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Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero today set national elections for March 9,
triggering a campaign likely to focus on the end of a decade-
long economic boom and renewed separatist violence.
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