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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 19 August

Associated Press Thursday, 20 August 2015, 08:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

DERRY, New Hampshire — 2016 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush face off at dueling town hall events in New Hampshire, capping a day of campaigning in the early-voting state.

EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts — During her failed 2008 White House campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton derided rival Barack Obama's lofty talk of hope and change as equivalent to expecting "celestial choirs" to drop from the sky and inspire people to do the right thing. Now, as she seeks the White House again, Clinton has tried to pull a few pages from Obama's playbook.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have the votes, if necessary, to uphold President Barack Obama's veto of a resolution against his Iran nuclear deal, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says. Pelosi said that if such a vote were held today there would be enough support among House Democrats for Obama to prevail.

SAN DIEGO — Walking into Mexico at the nation's busiest border crossing with the United States is no longer an uninterrupted stroll for foreigners. Pedestrians going to Tijuana from San Diego at the San Ysidro crossing must choose between a line for Mexicans who get waved through, and a line for foreigners who must show a passport, fill out a form and - if staying more than a week - pay 322 pesos, or roughly $20, for a six-month permit.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Indian chiefs and dancing red and black devils invade the streets of Nicaragua's capital for 10 days each August as the Santo Domingo festival celebrates the tiny statue of a saint.

CARACAS, Venezuela — The grisly slaying of a woman has become yet another political flashpoint in hyper-polarized Venezuela, with supporters and opponents of the country's socialist administration each saying the killers were working for the other side.

 

 

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