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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 (PARIS)
Threatened by a Communist resurgence in 1996, Boris Yeltsin threw himself into his re-election campaign, performing a much-televised version of the twist.
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Boris Yeltsin, flawed hero with a giant legacy, dies at 76

Yeltsin, the burly provincial politician who became a Soviet-era reformer, then the first freely elected leader of Russia and a towering figure of his time, presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the demise of the Communist Party.
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Boris Yeltsin's bequest

ABN AMRO takeover to create banking behemoth

Barclays and ABN AMRO would create the world's largest bank by total assets, about $3.1 trillion.
Barclays plans to shift jobs to India and other countries

Remaining French candidates seek votes in the center

François Bayrou got nearly 19 percent of the vote, and those votes are up for grabs.
Sarkozy and Royal try to find common ground with the middle
French polling institutes predict a President Sarkozy
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A century of solitude nears an end for alpine village
U.S. knew of China's missile test, but kept silent
Bhutan reluctantly embraces democracy
British Airways seeks partners for Iberia bid
Charges of fraud abound as ruling party wins in Nigeria
Classes resume at traumatized Virginia Tech campus
Iraqis protest building of wall around Sunni neighborhood
Gates fails to win over Moscow on missile-defense cooperation
Barack Obama criticizes Bush as he outlines foreign policy goals
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John Vinocur: Despite all appearances, France may yet change.
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American's imprisonment is seen as political.
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His own pope yet?
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The EU, Erdogan and Turkey's generals
Meanwhile: Why Darwinism isn't depressing
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