Rebels murder 11 lawmakers
BOGOTA (Reuters): Colombian President Alvaro Uribe yesterday said rebels executed 11 kid-napped lawmakers last week, hours after a guerrilla group claimed they died during a raid on a secret jungle prison. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC...
Senate hands Bush major defeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters):The U.S. Senate dealt a fatal blow yesterday to President George W. Bush's planned overhaul of immigration policy, dashing the hopes of millions of immigrants seeking legal status. In a make or break vote that exposed deep lack of support...
Brown revamps gov't after Blair era
LONDON (Reuters):Prime Minister Gordon Brown named rising star David Miliband yesterday as Britain's youngestforeign minister in 30 years in a government shake-up designed to make a clean break from the Tony Blair years.Brown, who is promising change...
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