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Gambian president wins 3rd term (AP)

A supporter of President Yahya Jammeh sings as he carries a Gambian flag in celebration of Jammeh's reelection in Banjul, Gambia, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006. Thousands of people turned out to celebrate Jammeh's election to a third five-year term. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh easily won a third term Saturday and called for a concerted effort to develop the country socially and economically.


 

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Rally held for Puerto Rican independence (AP)

Pro-independence activists shout slogans holding an image of Filiberto Ojeda Rios at the Revolution Square in the town of Lares, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, during the celebration of the 'Grito de Lares', that represents when Puerto Ricans rebelled to demand independence from Spain in 1868. Pro-independence movements also demonstrated to mark the first anniversary of the killing of Ojeda Rios, the leader who was shot and killed by FBI agents who came to arrest him after living years in hiding. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - Several hundred Puerto Ricans rallied Saturday to celebrate the U.S. territory's independence movement — a day that took on greater meaning this year since it also marked the first anniversary of the killing of one of their leaders.


 

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Video purportedly shows Americans burned (AP)
AP - An al-Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by U.S. troops from the same unit. 
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Proton, Peugeot alliance a lifeline for Malaysian carmaker: analysts (AFP)

A customer walks past a Proton automobile on display at the Proton headquarters showroom in Shah Alam, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. An alliance plan between carmaker Proton and France's PSA Peugeot-Citroen may help turn around the troubled Malaysian automaker, but analysts warn the issue of control remains sensitive.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - An alliance plan between carmaker Proton and France's PSA Peugeot-Citroen may help turn around the troubled Malaysian automaker, but analysts warn the issue of control remains sensitive.


 

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Hungarian economy takes a dive amid worst unrest since end of communism (AFP)

A general view of demonstrators in front of riot police at Kossuth Square of the parliament building in Budapest.  Some 20,000 people rallied in the largest demonstration in a week of rightist protests calling on Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany to resign after he admitted lying about the economy.(AFP/Attila Kisbenedek)AFP - Uncertainty over the future of embattled Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and his economic reforms sent the country's markets into a spin this week in the wake of the worst unrest since the end of communism.


 

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