Honduran vote to face legitimacy test
CNN - 1 hour 49 minutes agoHondurans will answer two questions Sunday when the troubled Central American nation holds elections: Who will win the presidency, and will voters heed calls for a boycott?
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Hondurans will answer two questions Sunday when the troubled Central American nation holds elections: Who will win the presidency, and will voters heed calls for a boycott?
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Amnesty International Thursday condemned the conviction of a vocal opponent of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Skyline student Juliana Reidel opens the ceremony. Children rarely have a say in decisions of international importance except when it comes to name the World's Children's Prize Decade Hero award winner. For this prize, voters are required to be younger than 18. On Friday, this year's winners were announced at hundreds of conferences held around the world, including one at Skyline Elementary ...
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