International News June 30
June 30, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Robert Mugabe, the incumbent president of the African country Zimbabwe, has retained his throne after a runoff election on Friday, which occurred after the opposition backed out for fear of continued violence, The New York Times reports. The 84-year-old Mugabe begins his sixth term as president. Western nations have declared the election [...]
International News May 12
May 12, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Sunni-Shiite fights broke out last week in Beirut, Lebanon with rockets and machine guns claiming 38 lives since last Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. Violence escalated when the government confronted Hezbollah and decided to fire the chief of airport security for alleged ties to the militant group and deemed Hezbollah’s private telephone network [...]
