Dominicans shift toward PRD after elections
Partial results show the Dominican Revolutionary Party sweeping urban and congressional wins as 67 percent of votes counted. PRD leads 25 of 30 Senate seats and at least 100 of 149 in the lower house, with mayoral victories including Santo Domingo where Johnny Ventura won 61 percent and Peggy Cabral elected vice mayor.
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Leonel Fernandez
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Jose Francisco Pena Gomez
PRD
House of Deputies
Central Elections Board
Santo Domingo
Johnny Ventura
Pena Gomez
Revolutionary Party
Peggy Cabral
Turbulent Afghan Market Attack Kills Dozens in Taloqan
A sudden attack by jets and a hazardous device struck a crowded food market in Taloqan Takhar province northern Afghanistan. At least 30 people were killed and nearly 50 wounded. A spokesman for opposition forces described the blast as the deadliest incident in the area.
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Afghanistan
Taloqan
Kabul
Mohammed Arif
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Taloqgan
Takhar
Rabbani
Benigni Life is Beautiful Opens Cannes With Ovation
At Cannes Roberto Benigni directed starred and co wrote Life is Beautiful a Holocaust film blending humor with grim reality. The audience rose for ten minutes at the premiere praising the intimate tale of Guido Dora and their son Joshua amid Mussolini Italy and Nazi deportation.
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France
Roberto Benigni
Benigni
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Dora
Joshua
Italy
Gure
Miramax
United States
West Bank clashes mark fourth day as youths clash with troops
Palestinian youths throw stones and bottles at Israeli troops in Husan as troops use rubber bullets wounding six Palestinians. Violence erupts amid stalled US mediated West Bank pullback talks. Arafat and Barak meet in Oslo seeking revived peace process.
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West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu
Washington
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United States
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Netanyahu
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Middle East
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Ehud Barak
Oslo
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