Word: alie
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...Gabon Violence Follows Vote Ali Ben Bongo was set to fill the shoes of his late father Omar Bongo as Gabon's next President after winning the sub-Saharan nation's presidential elections Sept. 3. But demonstrators demanding change after 41 years of Omar Bongo's rule responded with violence, torching shops, a police station and the French consulate. Ali Ben Bongo's challengers allege stuffing of ballot boxes and "incomprehensible swelling of voter lists" and call for a recount, although they have so far offered no evidence of tampering...
...England A Terrorism Case Closes In what has been heralded as one of the biggest antiterrorism successes since Sept. 11, three Britons were convicted of plotting to blow up seven transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks. British nationals Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain face life in prison. The scheme, which was foiled in 2006, led to sweeping changes in airport security, including limits on carry-on liquids. The men's first trial had ended in a hung jury...
...package has helped dampen inflation overall, but there is public outrage at wheat and sugar shortages. A further $5.5 billion is on the way through pledges made by the Friends of Democratic Pakistan, a consortium of allies, which will meet in New York next week with Obama, President Asif Ali Zardari and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in attendance. In terms of metrics, achieving global consensus that Pakistan must be stabilized is an easy goal to reach. Making something of the consensus, however, requires more cash and development thrown in the right direction...
...provided opportunities for Iranian politicians from across the ideological spectrum to speak their minds, were either shut down or scaled back. Former President Mohammed Khatami was scheduled to speak alongside Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson at Khomeini's shrine two weeks ago, but the occasion was canceled. Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has delivered a Qods Day speech for decades, was replaced by a more hard-line Ayatullah who gave remarks in addition to an introduction by Ahmadinejad. And regime representatives including Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei had warned the Green Movement opposition against using Qods...
...shown in 170 movie theaters around the country. It will be the first big fight shown in theaters since 1980, when Sugar Ray Leonard beat Roberto Duran. The move harks back to the sport's glory days, when thousands of fans filled theaters to watch Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Smokin' Joe Frazier. "The reality is, there are very, very few places left to gather and share an experience," says Dan Diamond, vice president of NCM Fathom, the company delivering the fight to the theater chains. "We want to provide an option for people looking to get out and have...