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...hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who opposed Yushchenko's election, in the sudden price increase. "The empire strikes back," says political analyst Konstantin Bondarenko, "but Putin does it by proxy to show Ukraine its place." The Kremlin had no comment. Yushchenko, who's expected to be sworn in later this month, has also avoided the issue, but he did reiterate his pledge to create a modern free-market economy, even as Ukrainians saw their gas prices soar. "If this country is governed by honest people and the government can survive, people will feel the effects of the economic development...
...residence in Spain for at least six months. The move is expected to increase social security payments and generate new tax revenues for Spain, which has a thriving underground economy. Youth to Power ROMANIA The youthful Cabinet of new Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu - with six Ministers under 40 - was sworn in in Bucharest. The youngest nominee, 29-year-old former primary-school teacher Cristina Pirvulescu, was dropped as the candidate for Minister for European Integration after failing to identify the governing body of the E.U. during questioning in parliament. Opposition politicians predicted early elections. Terror Resurgent SAUDI ARABIA Despite government...
...unbubbled ovals After Mayor Dick Murphy beat write-in candidate Donna Frye by 2,108 votes, a recount turned up 5,547 ballots that had been rejected because voters who wrote in her name failed to fill in the oval next to it. As Murphy, a Republican, was sworn in for a second term last month, Frye told TIME, "I doubt I'll be going gently into that good night...
Naturally, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports an amendment allowing foreigners to be President. But he's not actively campaigning for it; he doesn't need to. On Nov. 15, a year after he was sworn in, a $20,000 ad ran in five California cities cheerfully urging residents to "help us amend for Arnold!" Who is behind this compassionate crusade? Not the Republican machine or the Austrian government but former college roommates Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, a philanthropist in Woodside, Calif., and Mimi Chen, a stay-at-home mom in Los Angeles, who just cannot get enough of the Governator...
...exit polls and election results on November 2 was puzzling, putting together the pieces since then has turned out to be all too easy. In Ohio, Bush received 3,893 votes-without-voters, while one precinct came out with a final vote tally of negative 25 million. In a sworn affidavit in Perry County, OH, an election poll worker noted 96 more votes than voters at a single precinct. Unfortunately, the list goes on—these are just a few of the stories from one battleground state. But throughout dozens of states— both blue and red?...