Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president.. and wife
SAN JOSé — Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by the country's legislature that also elevated her to the position of "co-president."
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'Shouldn't have happened:' DC air collision stuns experts
WASHINGTON - The midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a US Army Blackhawk helicopter in Washington has puzzled experts, given the perfect flying conditions and strict controls in one of the world's busiest air corridors.
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Sixties icon Marianne Faithfull to be 'dearly missed' after death at 78
LONDON - The British singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull has died aged 78, her spokesperson announced Thursday, saying the Sixties icon would be "dearly missed" by her legions of fans the world over.
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Elite figure skaters and coaches on crashed US flight
WASHINGTON - Global figure skating's tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington killed two former world champion coaches and stars from the next generation of top US talent.
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New abnormal begins for east DR Congo's looted Goma after siege
GOMA (DR CONGO) - Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- hiding from bandits and counting the dead.
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Benin court jails two ex-allies of president for 20 years
COTONOU - A court in Benin on Thursday sentenced two former allies of President Patrice Talon to 20 years in jail on charges of "conspiring against the authority of the state".
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