Retired ophthalmologist Gordon Leitch ran into a snag during his campaign for governor of Oregon when the state would not accept his $20 gold pieces to pay his candidate filing fee.Leitch believes gold and silver coins are the only legitimate forms of legal tender, with paper money and checks constituting fraud on the part of government. His campaign promises include a 30-percent discount on taxes paid in those precious metals.The office of Oregon’s Secretary of State declined Leitch’s $100 filing fee on the grounds that no bank would accept the coins for deposit.In February, Leitch refiled and provided a candidacy statement to be placed in the election pamphlet that the state will distribute to voters. He paid the $1,000 fee for placement in the pamphlet with 1,000 U.S. silver dollars, which were reported to be worth nearly $9,000....
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 Nepali forces fire on protesters Opposition parties refuse king’s proposal to restore democracy |
Nepali security forces opened fire on a march by tens of thousands of demonstrators heading toward the royal palace Saturday to protest King Gyanendra’s rule. More than 200 were injured in the melee.The demonstrators defied a curfew as an alliance of seven opposition parties rejected the king’s offer to let them nominate a prime minister and form a government. Security forces responded by firing rubber and live bullets and beating protesters with bamboo batons.The Nepalese Red Cross Society said 243 people were injured and 39 of them were hospitalized. Many were hurt in stampedes as they tried to flee. The clash occurred about 3 miles from the royal palace in the heart of this Himalayan nation....
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| Grandmother's embrace saved girl in deadly crash |
An 8-year-old girl who survived the worst Mexican bus crash in recent memory left the hospital, saying she had been saved by her grandmother's embrace.Orfa Elisa Jimenez was one of only two people who survived after a packed bus plunged into a 650-foot ravine in eastern Mexico on April 18, killing 58 people traveling at the end of the country's Easter week holiday.She was hospitalized for five days in the city of Orizaba with a fractured leg and head injuries, but was released to her parents Saturday."We thank God that my daughter could survive this accident that killed so many people," said Jose Jimenez....
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| Peru declares emergency in towns near volcano Villagers flee after livestock poisoned, water polluted by ash |
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency Saturday in southern towns that have been showered by ash from the Ubinas volcano and asked the military to help evacuate poor farming families from the area.Ubinas, which had been inactive for almost 40 years, has been spitting out ash, smoke and toxic gases for most of the month, alarming thousands of people living in nearby rural areas, killing livestock and polluting water sources.The government recommended evacuation early in the week, but it was not until Friday that dozens of people began reluctantly to leave farming towns in the area covered in a thick carpet of ash. “The head of state asked for the armed forces to help evacuate 42 families from the town of Querapi, in the Ubinas district, the town nearest the volcano,” the government said in a news release.Querapi is an impoverished, telephone-less hamlet 2.5 miles from the volcano, which is in the Moquegua department 550 miles south of Lima....
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| North Pole students suspected of plotting to kill Six Alaska middle school students arrested |
Six middle school students in a small Alaska town were arrested Saturday on suspicion of plotting to bring guns and knives to school and kill fellow students.The arrests stem from an investigation into rumors reported to police earlier in the week about the students' plans in North Pole, a town of 1,600 people about 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks, said Police Chief Paul Lindhag.The unidentified students wanted to seek revenge for being picked on by other students to disliking staff and students, Lindhag said.The students had planned to disable North Pole Middle School's power and telephone systems, allotting time to kill their victims and escape out of town....
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| Russia warns against threatening Iran |
A top Kremlin diplomat warned against threatening Iran with sanctions or the use of force, saying that would only aggravate the international standoff over Tehran's suspect nuclear program, Russian media reports said Saturday. Rather than getting Iran to stop uranium enrichment, a tougher stance could result in Tehran's total refusal to cooperate with the UN deputy director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, according to ITAR-Tass. "We firmly stand today for resolving the problems in and around Tehran diplomatically rather than militarily. Increasing international pressure on Iran has no prospects," Ozerov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. The United States and European allies are pushing for sanctions because of Iran's refusal to suspend its enrichment program, as demanded by the UN Security Council. They suspect Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons in violation of its treaty commitments...
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