Schwarzenegger wins historic
recall, vows to be "governor of people" after winning recall election.
Schwarzenegger won 2.12 million votes, or 50
percent.
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Martin Trial
October 27, Mother to Testify at Trial
Jeanette Stauffer hopes she remains strong when she is called to testify later this month in the trial of three people accused of killing her daughter.
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World Bank Faults Tight Regulation as Economic Obstacle ...
The countries with the most inefficient across-the-board regulations and laws are Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mali, Mozambique, Paraguay, the Philippines and Venezuela, according to the survey, which is due to be released Wednesday.
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Group Asks World Court to Rule Out Human Cloning
... A group of some 40 nations, led by Costa Rica and the United States and assembled with the help of U.S.-based anti-abortion groups, insisted on a treaty banning both the cloning of humans and "therapeutic" or "experimental" cloning, in which human embryos are cloned for medical research.
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Schwarzenegger Wins
Historic Recall, Davis ousted
California's Democrat Governor Gray Davis was ousted in an historic recall vote Tuesday as actor-turned Republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger won the race to replace
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Greece is most corrupt in EU
Greece holds the unenviable position of the most corrupt EU member state, according to a survey by the Transparency International watchdog released yesterday.
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US to Penalize
Defiant States
Countries that refuse to
exempt US citizens and soldiers from the
jurisdiction of the new International Criminal Court
(ICC) could lose almost 90 million dollars in
military aid from the United States in fiscal year
2004. >more
Prehistoric
Footpaths In Costa Rica Indicate
Intimate Ties With Villages,
Cemeteries
New
findings by the University of Colorado
at Boulder indicate tiny footpaths
traveled by Costa Rican people 1,500
years ago were precursors to wide, deep
and ritualistic roadways 500 years later
leading to and from cemeteries and
villages. >more
