Cranston dies former senator linked to Keating Five scandal
Former Senator Alan Cranston of California dies at 86 in Los Altos. He ended a 24 year Senate career amid the Lincoln Savings scandal and Keating Five inquiries, later serving as a nuclear disarmament advocate and chairing the Gorbachev Foundation USA.
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Pakistan Holds First Local Elections Since 1999 Coup
Pakistanis vote in staggered local elections viewed as a test of Musharraf's plan to restore democracy by 2002. Turnout ranged from 60 percent in some districts to 35 percent in others with results awaited for a week.
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