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SANTIAGO, Chile - Millions of Chileans are voting Sunday for the first time in their lives in nationwide municipal elections that could set the stage for next year's presidential race. The timing is key. The vote tests where the heart of the electorate lies just weeks before the campaign for Chile's presidency formally begins. Any would-be candidates have to give up their political posts a year ahead of the Nov. 17, 2013 vote. The nation has been roiled by more than a year of mass protests over education and environmental policies that brought millions of young demonstrators into the streets, and only about a third of voters approve of the job that conservative President Sebastian Pinera has...

SITTWE, Myanmar â€" The top U.N. official in Myanmar says 22,000 people have been displaced in the country's strife-torn west after a week of violence between Bhuddists and...

Washington, October 28: With the White House race still a dead heat, the Nov 6 night could turn out to be the longest night in American political history with no clear winner emerging on the morrow. With Republican challenger Mitt Romney slightly ahead nationally in polls, but President Barack Obama maintaining a narrow edge in the electoral votes, poll watchers have raised the possibility of one winning the popular vote and the other still regaining the presidency. That has happened only four times in America's 51 presidential elections in 1824, 1876, 1888 and as recently as 2000 when George Bush won the White House in what Democrats called a 'stolen' election with just 537 more votes in...

SITTWE, Myanmar - The top U.N. official in Myanmar says 22,000 people have been displaced in the country's strife-torn west after a week of violence...

Curtis Campbell, Gleaner Writer In the glorious eras of the 1980s and '90s of reggae/dancehall music, there were various recording artistes who held major sway in the Jamaican music industry. Many of the artistes of the era were so good at their craft, that some music lovers will argue that local music was at its best in the '80s and '90s. If that is the case, why are so many of those artistes missing from the scene today? According to some, things and times have changed. "I think there has been a lot of changes in rhythm and the style of deejay and even the lyrics. A lot of artistes didn't bother to change with the time and right now there is a new generation with a...

YANGON: More than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been displaced by fresh unrest in western Myanmar that has killed dozens and seen whole neighbourhoods razed, the UN said Sunday. The United...

By Rick Rogers | email "Disco Days and Boogie Nights" When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada and a tsunami warning was issued, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit the Queen Charlotte Islands just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday at a depth of about 3 miles (5 kilometes) and was centered 96 miles (155 kilometers) south of Masset, British Columbia. The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning...