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Gwen Ifill moderating the 2008 vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Don Emmert/Getty Images.Myth No. 1: Voters use debates to decide.For many voters, televised presidential debates serve to focus the mind. Seeing the men w
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NIAMEY, Niger AP 鈥?Niger military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to reins
hoka tall the ousted president, rejecting a proposed visit by representatives of the West African regional bloc, the African Union and United Nations on Tuesday, according to a letter seen by The Associated Press.The letter cited evident reasons of security in this atmosphere of menace against Niger, two weeks after mutinous soldiers overthrew the countrys democratically elected leader. The regional bloc known as ECOWAS had threatened to use military force if the junta didn ;t reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum by Sunday, a deadline that was ignored.READ MORE: Niger citizens await what next as deadline arrives for president to be reinstatedOn Monday, acting
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yeezy der virtual house arrest. She described the mutinous officers as unreceptive to her appeals to start negotiations and restore constitutional rule. These conversations were extremely frank and at times quite difficult because, again, we are pushing for a negotiated solution. It was not easy to get traction there. They are quite firm in their view of how they want to proceed, Nuland told reporters on a call from Niamey, Niger capital.ECOWAS is expected to meet again Thursday in Abuja, the capital of neighboring Nigeria, to discuss the situati