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...perhaps predictably, polarized the campaign in this Andean nation of 27 million along class, ethnic and geographic lines, setting up an ideological battle that no one expected when he first burst on the scene in November. In the latest polls, his support is running around 30%, while his nearest competitors, onetime Congress member Lourdes Flores and former president Alan Garcia, are both at about 25%. If no candidate gets more than 50% there will be runoff between the two top finishers...
When De Beausset’s bus dropped him off in a depot at 3am in Altar—a border city between Mexico and the United States—a green van came by claiming to be a taxi service that would take him to nearest hotel for the night...
...Hudson bay trading post built in 1689 put Churchill on the map, but today polar bears outnumber humans and the town's main businesses are tourism and hunting. It is the nearest port to the cereal fields of central Canada, however, and when the ice melts, it could find itself at the nexus of the first new trade route since the construction of the Panama and Suez canals...
...nearest gas station that sells the low sulfur diesel is in Weymouth...
...sure. County officials say any landowner attempting to develop the remote area will have difficulty because of the limited infrastructure and public services. While Krall's improvements have helped, Robyn Samuelson, who was born and raised there, notes, "It's in the middle of nowhere and the nearest city is 45 minutes away." And one more note of caution for any potential bidder: even Samuelson is planning to move soon...