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Lugo ends 62-year reign of Paraguay's Colorado party
PARAGUAY: PARAGUAY FINALLY completed its transition
to democracy on Sunday night when a former Catholic bishop ended
the near 62-year grip on power of the country's ruling Colorado
party, almost two decades after the end of the country's
dictatorship. p
Former bishop has preserved his core values
HE MIGHT now be president-elect of Paraguay but 56-year- old Fernando Lugo still comes across far more as a priest than a politician, writes Tom Hennigan . p
Battle to avert Labour rebellion over tax charge
ANALYSIS: Gordon Brown and his chancellor have
their hands full ahead of next week's elections, writes
FRANK MILLAR, London Editor. p
Other World Stories
Hamas accepts 1967 border but still rejects state of Israel
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: HAMAS WILL not recognise Israel, Khaled Mishaal, its politboro chief, said yesterday in response to staments made earlier in the day by former US president Jimmy Carter. pSerbia's leaders clash over deals with Russia and attitude to EU
SERBIA: MAJOR DEALS between Serbia and the European Union and Russia are becoming hostage to a battle between Serb president Boris Tadic and prime minister Vojislav Kostunica, three weeks before their parties clash in a crucial general election. pSA observer accuses Mugabe regime of rigging vote recount
ZIMBABWE: THE SOUTH African member of the regional observer team sent to monitor the partial recount of Zimbabwe's general election has accused the ruling regime of rigging the process. pChina launches political education campaign in Lhasa to defeat Dalai Lama
TIBET: China's Communist Party has launched a political education drive in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, still tense after independence protests last month, and Beijing has made clear its determination to defeat the Dalai Lama and "his clique's splittist plots". pRussia denies accusation by Georgia over 'unprovoked' downing of aircraft
GEORGIA: Ex-Soviet Georgia yesterday accused Russia of downing an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance aircraft over one of its breakaway territories in an "unprovoked act of aggression", but Moscow said the allegation was nonsense. pSecond ship seized by Somali pirates
SOMALIA: Somali pirates hijacked a ship en route from Dubai yesterday and Spain said it had sent a naval frigate after the seizure of a Spanish tuna fishing boat with 26 people aboard off Somalia. pEU draft report urging Turkish reform approved
FRANCE: A EUROPEAN Parliament committee last night approved a draft report urging Turkey to speed up reforms if it wanted to join the EU. pDoing nothing to upset the voters is the current EU mantra
EUROPEAN LETTER: THE REFERENDUM campaign exploded into life last week as leaked memos, scuffles outside meetings and protesting farmers briefly transformed the usually technocratic debate on the Lisbon Treaty into some sort of Shakespearean drama played out on the streets of Dublin, writes Jamie Smyth . pPrimary in Pennsylvania a litmus test for Clinton
The New York senator needs a big win today to keep her hopes alive, writes Denis Staunton in Philadelphia. pIn short
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