While I was busy, I heard Castro resigned, Musharaff's party lost the elections, and Kosovo declared independence. Wake me up when something really important happens, e.g., Bush leaves the White House....
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Next North Ossetia declares independence from Russia. And then their neighbours Ingushia and Chechnya.
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