Emma CLARK and Zain Zaman JANJUA, with Saad SAYEED in Lahore
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Millions of Pakistanis voted Thursday in an election marred by rigging allegations, with authorities suspending mobile phone services throughout the day and the country's most popular politician in jail.
A year ago, Felix Maradiaga, who was imprisoned while running for president against Nicaragua's increasingly authoritarian leader Daniel Ortega, was freed and exiled to the United States.
Nicaragua said Wednesday that it had granted asylum to Panama's ex-president Ricardo Martinelli, days after he lost a final appeal against an almost 11-year jail term for money laundering.
Firefighters said Wednesday they had extinguished all wildfires in Chile's coastal region of Valparaiso, where flames razed entire communities and left 131 dead.
Former Brazil international Dani Alves denied raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub as he took the stand Wednesday on the last day of his trial in Spain.
At least 28 people were killed Wednesday by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of a national vote marred by violence and allegations of pre-poll rigging.
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
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(The Center Square) – The sheriff of a small Texas border county of 14,000 residents has been actively working to combat transnational criminal activity and organized crime.
California has amassed a catalog of programs and projects that fail to deliver as promised. The list of dysfunctional efforts has a couple of new entries.
