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US News Archive for April 2006:
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Thousands rally for Darfur
Thousands of people joined celebrities, activists and lawmakers at a rally Sunday urging the Bush administration to use its political muscle to help end genocide in Sudan's Darfur region...
CNN - April 30, 2006
Iran to Allow Women to Attend Sporting Events
Female sports fans can attend games for the first time in nearly three decades, after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unexpectedly lifted a ban...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
Afghanistan Releases Man Involved in Private Jail
The American filmmaker had been imprisoned for his part in running a private jail and torturing hostages...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
Rallying: Loeb triumph in Argentina
World champion Sebastien Loeb wins the Rally of Argentina ahead of Norway's Petter Solberg and Italy's Gigi Galli...
BBC News - April 30, 2006
Argentines protest against mills
Thousand gather in Argentina for a rally against pulp mills being built in neighbouring Uruguay...
BBC News - April 30, 2006
Strong winds, huge hail batter Texas
Storms with wind up to 100 mph and hail the size of baseballs battered parts of Texas on Saturday, damaging buildings and slamming parked airplanes into one another at an airport...
CNN - April 30, 2006
Bush pokes fun at himself
It was twice the fun for members of the White House Correspondents' Association and guests Saturday night when President Bush and a look-alike, sound-alike sidekick poked fun at the president and fellow politicians...
CNN - April 30, 2006
Darfur Peace Deal Accepted by Sudan but Rejected by Rebels
Spokesmen for two rebel movements said they would not sign an accord accepted by the Sudanese government...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
Afghans free jailed US journalist
One of three Americans jailed in 2004 in Afghanistan for torture and running an illegal prison is freed...
BBC News - April 30, 2006
Taliban behead Indian hostage
A body found in Afghanistan has been identified as that of an Indian telecommunications engineer who was kidnapped earlier in the week by Taliban members, according to a regional police chief...
CNN - April 30, 2006
The World: Votes Counted. Deals Made. Chaos Wins.
The democratic process in Iraq, seen as the main hope for ending the violence, has been unable to stop it...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
Peru recalls Venezuela diplomat
Peru recalls its ambassador to Venezuela, accusing Caracas of interference in the electoral process...
BBC News - April 30, 2006
Leftist trio signs anti-U.S. pact
Bolivia's new left-leaning leader Evo Morales has signed a pact with the Cuban and Venezuelan presidents that rejects U.S.-backed free trade and promises a socialist version of regional commerce and cooperation...
CNN - April 30, 2006
Leftist leaders reject U.S. trade plan
Bolivia's new president signed a pact with Cuba and Venezuela on Saturday that rejects U.S.-backed free trade and promises a socialist version of regional commerce. One expert called the agreement "a clever mixture of politics and economics, weighted toward the politics."...
CNN - April 30, 2006
Jets Block Out the Hype and Take Virginia's Ferguson
The Jets passed on two Heisman Trophy winners Saturday afternoon, using the fourth overall pick in the N.F.L. draft on Virginia offensive lineman D'Brickashaw Ferguson...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society
Mr. Galbraith, an iconoclastic economist, teacher and diplomat, was one of the most widely read authors in the history of economics...
New York Times - April 30, 2006
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