In Brief

* VOWED – Aymara Indian Evo Morales was sworn in as Bolivia’s new president, vowing to end what he described as five centuries of humiliation and abuse towards the country’s racial majority.

* JUSTICE – A US interrogator was convicted of negligent homicide for the death of an Iraqi general who died of suffocation after his head was stuffed into a sleeping bag, a military spokesman said. * MURDERED – Iraqi authorities recovered the bodies of 23 police volunteers, murdered after their abduction a week ago when they were travelling home following a rejection by a recruitment centre.* ALERT – Palestinian security forces were set to declare a maximum state of alert ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary elections as a civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza.* CORRUPTION – Pictures showing George W.Bush with a disgraced lobbyist threaten to embarrass the US president as he attempts to distance himself from Washington’s newest corruption scandal, Time magazine reported.- Nampa-AFP* MURDERED – Iraqi authorities recovered the bodies of 23 police volunteers, murdered after their abduction a week ago when they were travelling home following a rejection by a recruitment centre.* ALERT – Palestinian security forces were set to declare a maximum state of alert ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary elections as a civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike on northern Gaza.* CORRUPTION – Pictures showing George W.Bush with a disgraced lobbyist threaten to embarrass the US president as he attempts to distance himself from Washington’s newest corruption scandal, Time magazine reported.- Nampa-AFP

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