Amid Anna Nicole furor, Bahamas gears for election
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It's not obvious from the news coverage, but amid the fuss over the late Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's burial in the Bahamas the country is gearing up for an election.
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By JESSICA ROBERTSON NASSAU, Bahamas - The chief inspector of the Bahamas coroner's office on Wednesday called the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son, Daniel, &quot;suspicious,&quot; and scheduled a formal inquiry that could lead to criminal charges.
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Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother filed an emergency request Friday to block her burial in the Bahamas, hours after attorneys for the centerfold's ex-boyfriend asked a judge to step into the paternity case over Smith's baby.
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After feuding over where to bury Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy Playmate's mother and boyfriend are now preparing for another fight &#151; this time in the Bahamas, for custody of Smith's 5-month-old daughter.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after most of the parties feuding over her corpse reached a deal on Thursday to lay her to rest next to her dead son.
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Resentment has been building at how presidential elections have become gold mines for media consultants.
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Nearly 600 days before the election, these beauty pageants keep happening. We suppose we have to cover them.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body will leave for the Bahamas by private plane early Friday and the former model will be buried there hours later, said the attorney given control of her remains after weeks of legal wrangling.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body was finally back Friday in the Bahamas, where mourners from three camps battling over her estate were to bury her following what an organizer described as an "over the top" private service.
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Bahamas Immigration Minister Shane Gibson has resigned amid fallout over his involvement with Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy Playmate and billionaire's widow who died earlier this month.
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A handful of voters lined up early when polls opened for Jamaica's national elections on Monday as the Caribbean island heals from one hurricane, warily eyes another and frets over recent political violence.
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The breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia defiantly voted for a new president on Sunday, injecting further tension into relations between Georgia and its former colonial master Russia.
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Lebanonâs efforts to select a new president are already facing fresh setbacks. But with a deadline looming, lawmakers risk even deeper chaos if they fail to make a choice.
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Bahamas Immigration Minister Shane Gibson resigned on Sunday amid controversy over his involvement with Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy Playmate who died earlier this month, the Bahama Journal said on Monday.
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A trio of fierce hurricanes have pushed presidential politics to the back burner in Florida, the epicenter of the 2000 election, and could affect voter attitudes and turnout in the Nov. 2 race, analysts say.
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The body of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith was moved from a Florida morgue on Friday for a final journey to the Bahamas for burial, a Reuters eyewitness said on Friday.
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MIAMI Election tensions are on the rise in hotly contested Florida, where charges of voter intimidation are flying and thousands of absentee ballots are being re-issued in one big county.