Unrest and elections clash in Iraq and Ukraine
U S and Iraqi forces report over 60 insurgents killed in weekend battles, with most fighters identified as al Qaida while U S aircraft strike more than 20 insurgents near Baghdad. In Ukraine, early parliamentary elections show pro Western Tymoshenko bloc leading with 31.5 percent, Yanukovych at 35.5, Yushchenko’s party trailing, as coalition talks loom.
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al-Qaida
Senate
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al- Qaida
Palm
Ukraine
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Yanukovych
Viktor Yushchenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
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Tymoshenko
Russia
Europe
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Space age origin myth of Sputnik reveal
Fifty years after Sputnik, interviews with Boris Chertok and other veterans reveal the first satellite was a spur of chance driven by the wartime missile program and Cold War urgency. Korolyov pressed the Kremlin for a quick orbiter, PS 1, built in three months, launching October 4 1957 from Kazakhstan.
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Sergei Korolyov
United States
Georgy Grechko
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Jay Walker
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U.N. envoy meets Suu Kyi as Myanmar junta eyes crackdown
U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari failed to meet junta leaders Than Shwe and Maung Aye, but held a session with detained opposition head Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon. Troops surged in Yangon. arrests rose as protests persisted, while Raḥkine saw a large march. Suu Kyi spoke with Gambari for over an hour before his return to Naypyitaw.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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Than Shwe
Maung Aye
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