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...freshman leads the team with four wins in Ivy League play and is undefeated in the Ancient Eight in both singles and doubles. In doubles, Rosekrans and Ko won 8-5 at No. 2. The team of Ekaterina Kosminskaya and Julia Koulbitskaya, ranked No. 27 in the nation, evened up the score at No. 1 with an 8-1 win over Schnitter and junior Laura Peterzan. The Quakers then clinched the doubles point with a victory at No. 3. “Penn had an overwhelming effect in singles but in doubles we were very close,” Green...
...people of Nepal voted for an end to politics as they once were. Some trudged for days through mountain paths to reach polling booths, others lined up for hours on deserted streets, braving threats of violence from extremist groups-yet, by day's end, nearly 65% of the nation's voting population had exercised their franchise. Politicians of all factions proudly strutted before the ballot box, wreathed in flower garlands, sporting triumphant smiles. They were all participating in a process that aims to replace Nepal's 240-year-old monarchy with a secular republic-a transition that, although turbulent...
...however satisfied citizens may be that the election came off, results won't be known for three weeks-and only then will the real work of nation-building begin. The elections will determine the composition of a 601-member Constituent Assembly, charged with drafting the new constitution of the Nepalese republic. In theory, the moment this body assembles, the monarchy will be forever abolished. But there are doubts the institution, which has defined the Nepalese state for centuries, will simply vanish...
...Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa called a conference of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the Zambian capital Lusaka to discuss the delay in the release of results in Zimbabwe's presidential race. Though Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won a parliamentary majority in the March 29 vote, the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) has not released the official result in the presidential race. An independent survey places Tsvangirai well ahead in the vote, and the MDC itself claims an outright victory after 28 years of Mugabe's rule...
...public that has wearied of his taste for flash. The "re-presidentialization" of his image seemed to be winning back many of the conservative voters turned off by Sarkozy's earlier "bling-bling" persona; Elysée officials felt they turned the corner after the right's drubbing during nation-wide municipal elections last month...