www.chinaview.cn 2006-07-04 11:54:49
LIMA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales won a strong mandate for his reforms in Sunday's ballot to rewrite the country's constitution, but he will need political alliances to do it as his party failed to garner the two-thirds majority in parliament, reports from La Paz, capital of Bolivia, said Monday.
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Mon Jul 3, 2006 PARIS - Six Frenchmen have been released from the US base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba went on trial in Paris accused of undergoing combat training in an Al-Qaeda camp in
Afghanistan. Imad Achab Kanouni, 29, Khaled Ben Mustapha, 34, Redouane Khalid, 38, Brahim Yadel, 36, Mourad Benchellali, 25, and Nizar Sassi, 26, all face charges of "associating with criminals in relation to a terrorist enterprise". The last two are also indicted on counterfeiting charges. Their trial is expected to last until July 12. |
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July 3, 2006 MADRID - At least 35 people were killed and 47 injured when a metro train derailed in a tunnel in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia as pilgrims gathered ahead of a papal visit, officials said.
In one of the worst metro accidents in the past 50 years, a fire brigade spokesman said that two carriages of the train had come off the rails in a tunnel. "It seems it was an accident that was apparently brought about by speed and a failure at the wheel level," Luis Felipe Martinez, an official in Valencia, told Cadena Ser radio. |
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Tuesday July 4, 2006 |
Created: 04.07.2006 15:48 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:48 MSK
MosNews The blast occurred in the town of Yakhroma, northwards from the capital. The building of the mosque was seriously damaged, a senior Muslim cleric told IslamNews news agency. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the explosion. Investigation into the attack has been launched.
A mosque employee told the agency that the blast had entirely destroyed the main entrance, windows were broken. "Judging by the damage inflicted the explosive device was much more powerful than a grenade," he said. |
Created: 04.07.2006 15:11 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:41 MSK
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by Patrick Moser
AFP July 4, 2006 MEXICO CITY - Preliminary results for Mexico's presidential election give conservative Felipe Calderon a razor-thin victory but a demand for a recount has raised the specter of a lengthy legal battle reminiscent of the 2000 US election.
The results issued by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) on Monday gave Calderon 36.38 percent of the vote to 35.34 percent for leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who disputed the outcome, claimed irregularities and demanded a recount. Comment:
"The political cliffhanger was being closely followed by Washington, which had hoped to see a reversal of the trend that brought several leftist leaders to power across Latin America in recent years."And it just so happens that the election is just like the 2000 presidential battle in the US... |
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