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Brazil to pick successor for popular president (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Workers Party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff wave to supporters as first lady Marisa Leticia Silva, bottom center, looks on during a campaign rally in Sao Bernardo do Campo, outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country’s first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor.


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Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.


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Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used…

Poles pick successor to president killed in crash (AP)

June 20th, 2010

A man holds a child as he leaves a polling booth to vote in presidential elections in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, June 20, 2010. More than two months after Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash, Poles are voting to choose his successor. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)AP - More than two months after Poland’s president was killed in a plane crash, Poles are voting Sunday to choose his successor. Polls show that his surviving twin brother…

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