Archive for March 15th, 2009

Salvadoran leftist claims win in presidential vote (AP)

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Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, looks up as he casts his vote during presidential elections in San Salvador, Sunday March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP – El Salvador’s former guerrillas, behind the bespectacled, moderate face of a former TV journalist, took the lead in presidential elections Sunday that threaten to oust conservatives who have ruled since a bloody civil war, official results showed.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Crocodile suspected of killing Australian girl (AP)

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AP – A crocodile seen in an Australian swamp seconds before a 12-year-ancient girl disappeared is suspected of attacking and killing her, police said Monday.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Netanyahu in deal with right-wing Israeli party (AP)

Written by on Sunday, March 15th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has initialed a coalition agreement with an ultranationalist faction that brings its leader significantly closer to becoming foreign minister, a Likud party spokeswoman said Monday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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