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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare speaks at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008.
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 The Daily Telegraph 
Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's 'father of independence' to retire
Papua New Guinea's "father of independence", Sir Michael Somare, will not contest the forthcoming elections after more than four decades at the centre of the Commonwealth nation's political life. | Pa... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
The global fight to end capital punishment
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 The Guardian 
The global fight to end capital punishment
| The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court Anti-death penalty protest in J... (photo: Jose Cruz/ABr)
Delta Air Lines- Boeing (s1l)  The Examiner 
Delta subsidiary purchases refinery
| A subsidiary for Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines this week purchased a Philadelphia-area oil refinery, a deal that includes pipelines to serve the airline’s operations in the Northeast. | Monroe Ene... (photo: creative commons / )
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Ali Abbas Hasanie addressing the audience on Pakistan Resolution Day in Montreal, Canada.  WorldNews.com 
Pakistan a democratic country without an official opposition in parliament
Article By WN.com Guest Writer: Ali Abbas Hasanie, Political analyst and scholar, Montreal, Canada | On June 8-10, 1998 in London England a workshop on the "rights and responsibilities of the Oppositi... (photo: File)
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