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Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
City Councilman Eric Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor bosses. With all precincts reporting Wednesday, the city councilman grabbed 54 percent of the votes against his fellow Democrat. Greuel had ...
Zimbabwe's president signs new constitution
Zimbabwe's president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year. President Robert Mugabe said Wednesday the new constitution, unanimously accepted in a March referendum, has shown that Zimbabweans are united, regardless of political affiliation and without outside interference. The constitution stipulates ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader. His comments were posted on his website, president.ir, the day after ...
Czech president settles dispute over gay rights
The Czech president says he will no longer block a university professorship for a gay rights activist who had been critical of him. Milos Zeman has been under fire after suggesting over the weekend that his reason for denying the promotion to Charles University literary historian Martin C. Putna was ...
Vatican releases 1st report of financial watchdog
The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. The report from the Financial Intelligence Authority showed the agency received six internal reports on suspicious transactions ...
UK eyes giving visas to 600 Afghan interpreters
Britain is proposing to give around 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety. The plans, released Wednesday, will allow interpreters who have worked on the front lines in Afghanistan for more than a ...
Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on. The ex-congressman whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago said in a YouTube video announcement late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He'd said last month he was considering it. "I made ...
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