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• McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair
Council for World Freedom also aided rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua. That landed the group in the middle of the Iran-Contra affair and in legal trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, which revoked the charitable ...
• Russian troops start dismantling Georgia posts
Russia recognized the independence of both regions after the fighting, a moved denounced by Georgia and the West; so far, only Nicaragua and the Hamas government in Gaza have followed suit with recognition. Troops lower flags On Sunday, troops lowered ...
• October 2008 - Posts
McCain just called on his supporters to be respectful at his town hall. "We want to fight, and I want to fight, but we will be respectful," McCain said to boos at first. "I want everyone to be respectful," he then said and people began to clap. In ...
• Hurricane Norbert strengthens, threatens Baja
Further south, a tropical depression formed Wednesday off Central America's Pacific coast, near the El Salvador-Nicaragua border. Maximum sustained winds were near 35 mph. The depression was dumping rain across Central America as it headed toward ...
• Austria allowing 16-year-olds to vote
Other nations that allow voting at 16 include Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua and the Isle of Man, a British dependency in the Irish Sea. Peter Filzmaier, one of Austria's most respected political commentators, said the Greens would likely benefit most from ...