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Iraqis Burn Bush Effigy Where Saddam Statue Fell
Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier.
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Monk, Comedian Get Long Burma Prison Sentences
Courts in military-ruled Burma, also known as Myanmar, have handed long prison sentences to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular comedian who are active in the country's pro-democracy movement.
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What American Dream? Mexican Emigration Down
Experts say America's economic troubles and tighter border security have deterred many Mexicans from risking the journey to the United States, a trip that often means long desert treks, dodging bandits and bribing corrupt police.