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...they prayed for the seven Republicans arrayed onstage, who had crammed into a high school auditorium recently in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains to vie for the party's congressional nomination in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District. (See TIME's video of a Tea Party convention...
Feda Morton, the only woman in the race, has been a teacher, a state-championship basketball coach, a school-board member and a Republican organizer. A diminutive mother of five sporting a sparkling flag pin, she fidgeted as she recited the merits of her candidacy in an interview with TIME. When the topic turned to Barack Obama, she confessed deep fears. "I don't think the President really cares about our health care," Morton says. "He's not trying to lead America. He's trying to position himself to be a leader higher up, and the only...
...Sectarian conflict erupted most profoundly in 1967, when three primarily Igbo eastern states seceded under the name Republic of Biafra, sparking a bloody three-year civil war. The attempt to break away ultimately failed, and Nigeria reintegrated the Igbo majority region in 1970. (See a TIME cover story on Nigeria...
...Police have arrested more than 90 people for their alleged roles in this week's massacre. Washington and international human-rights groups are calling on Nigeria to prosecute and punish those responsible. "It's time to draw a line in the sand," Human Rights Watch researcher Corinne Dufka said in a statement. "The authorities need to protect these communities, bring the perpetrators to book and address the root causes of violence." But even if that happens, the violence is unlikely to end altogether...
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