Yeltsin dies
MOSCOW (Reuters): Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who buried the Soviet Union then led Russia through its chaotic first years of independence, died yesterday at age 76, the Kremlin said. Many Russians initially viewed Yeltsin as a hero for dismantling Communist rule...
Lula seeks help to clean up politics
BRASILIA, (Reuters):Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked for opposition support yesterday to overhaul a political system vulnerable to corruption and said he would not seek a third term in 2010. In the more than six months sinceLula...
Yar'Adua declared winner of Sunday's poll
ABUJA (Reuters):Nigeria's ruling party candidate Umaru Yar'Adua was declared winner yesterday of a presidential poll rejected by the opposition and condemned by observers as a "charade". The observers and opposition politicians said Saturday's vote for the first handover...
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