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By Barbie Nadeau Italians are dusting off their antiwar banners, which typically means one thing: George W. Bush is coming to town. The U.S. president will be in Italy from Wednesday evening through Friday morning as part of a one-week trip to Europe....

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  • Kenya's Odinga Calls For Protests--To What End?

    Silvia Spring | Jan 21, 2008 09:25 AM
    It's hard to tell what Raila Odinga was thinking yesterday when he called for a fresh round of protests in Kenya. Only hours earlier, the leader of the country's opposition party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), had announced that instead of further demonstrations, his new strategy would be to boycott companies associated with President Mwai Kibaki's party, which he accuses of rigging the Dec 27 presidential election. Last week's three days of ODM demonstrations were not as bad as many feared they would be.  On Wednesday, Odinga's supporters formed groups of no more than a hundred in the capital; by Friday, ODM's presence on the streets was non-existent, largely due to the substantial police presence. More
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