Record 1010 register to run in Iran presidential race
A record 1010 candidates had registered by Saturday for Iran's June 17 presidential election. The Guardian Council will vet applicants in 10 days, with reformists facing disqualification history. Rafsanjani is seen as a likely front runner amid hardline influence and US detente efforts. Eighty nine women registered but may be barred.
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Iran
Mohammad Khatami
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Rafsanjani
United States
Guardian Council
Assembly
Nasser Hejazi
Bluegrass Legend Jimmy Martin Dies After Cancer Battle
Nashville based Jimmy Martin a pioneering bluegrass singer and guitarist known for leading the Sunny Mountain Boys and recording for Decca died after a bladder cancer diagnosis. He performed with the Blue Grass Boys through 1955 and left a catalog of standards including Rock Hearts Sophronie Hold Watcha Got Widow Maker and The Sunny Side of the Mountain.
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Jimmy Martin
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Martin
Decca Records
Taiwan ruling party wins special assembly election
The Democratic Progressive Party topped the vote with 42.5 percent as 99 percent of ballots counted, beating the Nationalist 38.9 percent. The win strengthens Chen Shui-bian's push for Taiwan independence and constitutional reforms to reduce the legislature and extend terms while mandating referenda for future changes.
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Chen Shui-bian
Mainland
China
Central Election Commission
Democratic Progressive Party
Chen
Rumsfeld plan aims to shrink bases and shift troops nationwide
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld proposes closing hundreds of bases and realigning 775 minor closures to cut costs and create a leaner force. The plan targets 62 major bases including Groton and Portsmouth, with job losses exceeding 1,200 at Rock Island Arsenal and near 30,000 jobs in Connecticut and Maine.
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Connecticut
Cardinal presides over beatification of two nuns in Rome
In St. Peter's Basilica Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins led beatification rites for Mother Marianne Cope born Barbara Koob in Germany who served Hawaiian leprosy patients and Ascensione Nicol Goni of Tafalla Navarra born 1868 who founded the Dominican Missionary Nuns of the Rosary. The ceremony marks the last step before sainthood with Benedict XVI represented by Martins.
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Congregation For the Causes of the Saints
Marianne Cope
Germany
New York
Hawaii
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Treasure Island
Spain
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Ascension Nicol Goni
Tafalla-Navarra
Dominican Missionary Nuns of the Rosary
Marianne
Barbara Koob
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