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Bolivians to hold confidence vote
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.
Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Democratic ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.
Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.
Move to resurrect CIA leak case
Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame seeks to resurrect a lawsuit against present and former White House officials.
Top policeman killed in Mexico
The Mexican policeman in charge of co-ordinating operations against drugs traffickers is shot dead.




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China Blue
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Jasmine left her village in a remote part of China to get a job and help her family. Now she and her teenage friends at the blue jeans factory are trying to survive in a brutal work environment.
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The Norton Simon Museum
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Sister Wendy Beckett, the world-famous "art nun," offers her unique and personal guide to one of the most extraordinary collections of Old Master, Impressionist, Modern and Asian art in America.
 



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