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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 2008

Page

12

Saakashvili Seen Winning Georgian Election In Exit Poll

Exit poll shows Mikhail Saakashvili leading with about 53.8 percent in Georgia's election, risking a runoff if margins shift. Levan Gachechiladze trails at about 28.3 percent as opposition protests accuse rigging while OSCE notes no sign of election theft.

Tbilisi Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili Saakashvili Levan Gachechiladze West OSCE U.S Alice Hastings Gachechiladze

Libyan diplomats kidnapped in Somalia freed hours later

Two Libyan diplomats Naji Gassouda and Fathi Boudiyah were abducted in a busy Mogadishu market by gunmen with pistols and released within hours. Libya summoned Somalia’s ambassador in Tripoli and demanded action, denying any ransom was paid. The Libyan embassy notes the mission remains active despite Somalia’s long civil conflict.

Somalia Mogadishu Foreign Tripoli Naji Gassouda Fathi Boudiyah Libya Foreign Ministry

Kenya's Kibaki offers unity government amid postvote crisis

President Mwai Kibaki told U.S. official Jendayi Frazer he would form a national unity government to unite Kenyans and aid reconciliation. Raila Odinga, after talks, withdrew his demand for Kibaki to resign, though the electoral dispute persists with over 300 dead and 250,000 displaced as clashes ease in Nairobi but continue elsewhere.

Nairobi Kenya Mwai Kibaki U.S Africa Kibaki Raila Odinga East Africa Odinga Christopher Kingua Eldoret Highlands Jendayi Frazer Isaiya Kabira Frazer Salim Lone Associated Press

DNA proves 3 year old is son of Colombia hostage

DNA testing shows Emmanuel, long linked to ex vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas, is actually her son Juan David Gomez. The boy spent two years in a Bogota foster home, not a rebel camp, undermining the FARC hostage plan and exposing the failure of Venezuela's Emmanuel rescue push.

Bogota Colombia Venezuela Emmanuel Revolutionary Armed Forces of FARC Clara Rojas Rigo Hugo Chavez Chavez Mario Iguaran Rojas Juan David Gomez Jose Gomez San Jose de Guaviare

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