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It is a mild, sunny day in Tel Aviv, perfect for getting to the polls. Election day in Israel is a holiday, so no one has an excuse not to vote -- and the indications are people will -- in record numbers.If the early bird gets the worm, score one for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who voted minutes after the polls opened at 7 a.m., reports CBS News c
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MANZANILLO, Mexico - Hurricane Jova slammed into Mexico s Pacific coast as a Category 2 hurricane early Wednesday, swamping beach towns and causing floods in the mountains above before dropping to tropical storm force as it swept past Puerto Vallarta.The storm toppled trees, knocked out power and flooded streets along the coast, which is studded with beach towns and anchored by the major seaport of Manzanillo, but the full extent of damage was still unclear early Wednesday.One man was injured when he fell while trying to repair his roof during the storm, but there were n
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Since its independence in 1991, Ukraine has made many hard-earned gains, and tried to lose at least one little thing. Correspondent Mo Rocca asked, When I was growing up, we called it The Ukraine. Why did that change Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum, who has written extensively about Russia and Ukraine, said, The Ukraine, the use of that the, I think, was a reflection of the fact that people weren t quite sure what Ukraine was. And Ukrainians especially in the last 30 years made a great push to get English speakers to stop doing that, because to them they find that patronizing. It s Ukraine. It s a country. It has its own state now. It s not The Ukraine any more than you would say The Russia or The Germany or The France.
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Last Updated 2:45 p.m. ETForecasters say Hurricane Igor has rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the open Atlantic. It doesn t immediately threaten land.Meanwhile, a tropical depression off the coast of Africa prompted officials to issue a tropical storm warning for parts of the Cape Verde Islands on Sunday.CBS News 2010 Storm Tracker
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King Charles III knighted Brian May, co-founder of the rock group Queen, during a Tuesday investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the royal family announced. In addition to his fame as a rock guitarist, May is also an astrophysicist.May, now formally known as Sir Brian May, was made a Knight Bachelor for his services to music and charity. Saxophonist YolanDa Brown was also honored at the T
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Mwai Kibaki took the oath of office as Kenya s third president from a wheelchair Monday as hundreds of thousands of his supporters roared their approval in a downtown park.With his right leg in a cast after a Dec. 3 automobile accident, Kibaki pledged to conduct his duties without fear or favor or malice, so help me God, he said in Kiswahili, the common language of Kenya. He then received a 21-gun sal
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