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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, after a tour of New Orleans's storm-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward, criticizing the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina

 
 
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First daughter Jenna Bush, in an interview with CNN's Larry King, leaving the door open to a vote for someone other than Sen. John McCain, her parents' choice for president

 
 
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Harlem resident William Hardgraves,on the acquittal of three New York City detectives charged in the shooting death of Sean Bell, 23, who was unarmed, outside of a nightclub just hours before his wedding in 2006

 
 
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Dr. Ira Katz, head of mental-health services for Veterans Affairs, in an internal e-mail about data showing that 12,000 veterans per year attempt suicide while under departmental treatment. The e-mail has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit alleging that the VA deliberately concealed the risk of suicide among veterans.

 
 

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Sgt. Alex Plitsas, of the 312th Psychological Operations Company, explaining that the Iraqi government's inability to restore basic services such as electricity and trash collection in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood is fueling the insurgency there

 
 
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Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, accusing Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe of delaying the release of the country's election results while he plots a strategy to hold onto power

 
 
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Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman,labeling former U.S. president Jimmy Carter a "bigot" for meeting with exiled leaders of the militant Palestinian group Hamas

 
 
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AFRICA

These are among the ruling party's weapons against opposition voters. Still, the population clearly didn't cooperate in Friday's vote.

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