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Jimmy Carter: Bush’s Latin American Policy Was a “Disaster” – Former President Jimmy Carter met with Bolivian President Evo Morales in La Paz Friday and praised Bolivia’s new constitution

Martinelli Wins Election in Panama – the right-wing supermarket chain owner Ricardo Martinelli has been elected president of Panama

John Edwards Faces Federal Investigation – federal investigators have launched a probe of John Edwards to determine if he misused any campaign money in an attempt to cover up an extramarital affair

Obama May Revive Bush Administration’s Military Commission System – Obama administration lawyers are now reportedly concerned that they would face significant obstacles to trying some Guantanamo prisoners in federal courts. The ACLU said continuing with the military commission system would be a retreat from Obama’s promise to return the country to the rule of law

US Soldiers Accused of Proselytizing in Afghanistan – Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley: “The special forces guys, they hunt men, basically. We do the same things as Christians: we hunt people for Jesus. We do. We hunt them down, get the hound of heaven after them, so we get them into kingdom. Right? That’s what we do. That’s our business.”

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