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Article: Politics this week.(international political news)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2000
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Bush whacked
In the Republican primary in New Hampshire, Senator John McCain trounced the front-runner, George W. Bush, by 18 points. It was the first major setback on Mr Bush's hitherto untroubled road to the nomination. In the Democratic primary, Vice-President Al Gore narrowly beat Bill Bradley. Gary Bauer, a trailing Christian conservative, said he was considering leaving the Republican race.
A Kansas City newspaper reported that hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in America had died of AIDS since the mid-1980s, and hundreds more were HIV-positive.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrated a year in office by shaking up his cabinet, ...