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...center-right Chinchilla (pronounced cheen-chee-ya) is ushering in a new generation of leadership at a moment when Costa Rica's stature as the Switzerland of Central America is in decline. Its democracy remains the region's strongest, but it has been rocked in recent years by a spate of high-level government corruption scandals, a spike in drug-trafficking violence and a widening gap between rich and poor. Costa Rica's image as Central America's moral authority also took a hit last year when Arias - who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize during his first presidency...
MANOUCHEHR MOTTAKI, Iranian Foreign Minister, threatening Britain for allegedly fomenting the unrest that has erupted in Iran after a spate of opposition protests...
...most that Republicans can hope for is to regain control of the House and pick up a net gain of five seats in the Senate. But in order to achieve this, Republicans must unify their fractured party, and given the spate of conservative primary challenges, from Mark Rubio in Florida to Rand Paul in Kentucky, this will be no easy task. The tea-party movement is also making life difficult for new recruits like Griffith, who after switching parties now faces a tough primary. And the GOP is plagued by cash woes. After spending heavily in the Virginia...
...college football bowl season heats up, a topic much more unpleasant than marching bands and last-second field goals threatens to overshadow the rah-rah festivities: out-of-control coaches. A recent spate of disturbing incidents has brought unwanted off-field attention to the college game...
...central government, which has been extremely wary of instability in society, has also come to realize the high political risks caused by the existing regulation." So far the government hasn't outlined the proposed changes, or when they might go into effect. That means that China's recent spate of violent standoffs over property demolitions is unlikely to end soon. With reporting by Jessie Jiang/Beijing