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La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivian voters yesterday embraced a new constitution that promises more power for the long-suffering indigenous majority and grants leftist President Evo Morales a shot at remaining in office through to 2014. The charter passed easily in a country where many can still recall when Indians were forbidden to vote.

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Mogadiscio, Somalia - A moderate Islamist leader was sworn in as the country's new president Saturday after parliament elected him to stabilize a country wracked by violence and anarchy for nearly 20 years. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed was elected in neighboring Djibouti early Saturday after the last president, a former soldier, rebel and warlord named Abdullahi Yusuf, resigned in December after failing to pacify the country during his four-years as president.

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Brussels, E.U. - The European Union has promised billions of dollars in aid to the world's poorest nations to entice them to sign a new global climate change pact. The plan by EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas was part of a presentation of the EU's negotiating position for the UN-sponsored climate change talks in Copenhagen later this year.

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Ramallah, Palestina - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at his Hamas rivals on Sunday, as officials from Palestinian groups gathered in Cairo amid hopes of bolstering a ceasefire in Gaza. Abbas accused the Islamist movement Hamas of putting the lives and aspirations of Palestinians at risk, at a press conference in Cairo, where he was to meet Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Monday

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Camberra, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed more than New Zealand counterpart John Key's cast when he flew to Port Moresby for the Pacific Forum summit. He confirmed his Government's intention to shift relations with the islands into a higher gear - including closer co-operation with Wellington in the region - and to shed the "neo-colonialism" tag that had attached to the policies of his conservative predecessor John Howard.

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