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A: Are you going to vote? B: Yes, are you? A: Yeah, but what day are the elections? B: You dont know what day the elections are? A: Thats why Im asking you. B: Theyre this coming Tuesday. A: Really? B: Yes, Im serious. A: Good thing you told me. B: I
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A: Are you planning on voting? B: Yes. What about you? A: Yes, but this will be my first time voting. B: Really? A: Yes, and I have no idea how to do it. B: Voting is simple. A: I dont know any of the laws theyre trying to pass. B: Thats okay. They d
By Tom Rivers London 04 May 2007 Britain's ruling Labor Party has suffered local election losses in England and Wales and a swing to the pro-independence Scottish National Party in Scotland. Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely seen as the reason behi
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 17 April 2007 The U.S. ambassador to Nepal understands the need for a delay in elections in the Himalayan kingdom. In the meantime, he says, the United States will conditionally cooperate with government ministries now being
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Leave time behind The old monk often took the young monk to the hill outside the temple to recite the lection. One day the young monk said to the old monk, How slowly the time goes! The old monk said, You can have a try like this---in the morning sit