Hopeful citizens welcome end of anarchy and gun law
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Somalia yesterday stood on the threshold of history as the country, ripped apart by civil war, began rising from the ashes like a phoenix.
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Iraqis living in the United States greeted the results of Iraq's first elections with excitement Sunday, praising the outcome as a crucial first step toward democracy but remaining fearful of continuing violence.
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It&#39;s Nov. 2 and election season is finally over. No more hackneyed speculation, no more worry and no more debate. No more petitioners or activists clogging up the sidewalk and our recycling bins with desperate
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed cautious optimism today that the handing over of hundreds of weapons by militiamen loyal to the rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr signaled an encouraging start ...
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Despite widespread popular support, the federal law banning the sale of 19 kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons is almost certain to expire on Monday, the result
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Americans call for targets to be made voluntary, with stalemate looking increasingly likely
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JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 12 -- A shootout in which police killed 11 gunmen apparently planning to rob a truck transporting money has prompted widespread applause in South Africa and spurred calls to lift a 12-year-old prohibition on the death penalty.
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A city down on its luck has an optimistic young leader. The scene there mirrors our national situation. Maybe we can all learn something from Luke Ravenstahl.
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Thousands of Nepalis took to the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the signing of a peace deal between the government and Maoist rebels which many hope will end a decade of civil war, kidnapping, murder and fear.
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The House of Representatives voted  overwhelmingly on Wednesday to repeal a law banning most  handguns in Washington D.C., with lawmakers declaring that the  U.S. capital would be safer with more guns and fewer gun laws.
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&#39;The president is very pleased with House passage. He knows that this bill will make America safer.&#39;. WASHINGTON | The House of Representatives easily passed a sweeping restructuring of the
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There is fresh hope of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said the IRA would relinquish its arms if a new peace deal could be brokered.
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The expiration of the assault weapons ban was a depressing but potentially valuable lesson in the rancid politics of gun control. Honest debate on gun policy is impossible because of the cynical
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Militants are facing a new postelection dynamic - a population that has endorsed the political process.
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Democrats and Republicans acknowledged the sense that an era was ending as President Bush gave his last State of the Union speech.
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A ban on the manufacture and possession of military-style assault weapons came to an end in the United States with a bitter dispute between political rivals and a debate over its effectiveness.
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People soon will be able to carry guns and other dangerous weapons onto the grounds and parking lots of Reagan National and Dulles International airports, after officials