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...Niger No Limits President Mamadou Tandja has been cleared to run for a third term after Nigerois overwhelmingly voted in a referendum to overturn a constitutional two-term limit. Opposition leaders accused Tandja, in office since 1999, of destroying the nation's democratic institutions and voiced their concerns about Niger's possible slip into dictatorship. Tandja defended the move, saying he needed more time to oversee large-scale foreign investments...
...Caracas Par for the Course Hugo Chávez is not a fan of golf. Since the Venezuelan President derided the "bourgeois sport" on state television last month, his supporters have rallied to close two of the nation's best-known courses and use the land for housing, according to the New York Times. "I respect all sports," Chávez declared. "But there are sports, and there are sports...
...Drought is no stranger to India - the monsoons, which are especially crucial for areas without irrigation, also failed in 2002 and 1987 - and the government is responding in the usual way, by expanding rural subsidies. In his Independence Day speech to the nation on Aug. 15, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised to postpone the date for repayment of farmers' bank loans and to give breaks on interest payments for short term crop loans. This comes on top of last year's $14 billion farm loan waiver program, price supports for agricultural products and an ambitious jobs scheme, which guarantees...
...home from a Scottish prison on Thursday, freed by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds because doctors say Megrahi's cancer will kill him within three months. But was that the real reason? Could Britain have traded Megrahi in return for lucrative deals with the energy-rich North African nation...
...believe that there is too much of an emphasis on getting into those Ivy or Ivy-like schools in this nation, then...