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AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed a law that bans abortions in Texas before many women even know they are pregnant and differs singularly from similar efforts nationwide: leaving enforcement to private citizens, who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.The law puts Texas in line聽with more than a dozen other states聽that ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, possibly as early as six weeks. It would ta
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GUATEMALA CITY AP 鈥?Conservative Alejandro Giammattei has blazed a long, strange path to Guatemala presidency, which he won on his fourth try.The 63-year-old spent several months in prison in 2008, when he was director of the country prison system, after some prisoners were killed in a raid on his watch. He was eventually acquitted of wrongdoing.Until courts prevented some of the more popular candidates from running in this year race, he also appeared to be a long-shot candidate in a tumultuous campaign season.But on Sund
stanley cup ay, his get-tough approach to crime and his socially conservative values, including his strident opposition to gay marriage and abortion, finally parlayed favor with Guatemalan voters in a presidential runoff.Leaning on the crutches he uses because of his multiple sclerosis, Giammattei acknowledged in his emotional victory speech that it had been a long road.We won. We are very excited, it is logical, it has been 12 years of struggle, Giammatttei said. Twelve years waiting to serve my country.With about 98% of polling places reporting, the country Supreme Electoral Council s
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stanley cup r former first lady Sandra Torres.About 8 million Guatemalans are registered to vote in the Central American country. In a nation beset by poverty, unemployment and migration issues, however, turnout as low as 45% appeared to suggest widespread disillusionment w
