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| California governor pardons Robert Downey Jr. for 1990s drug conviction |
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 California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned actor Robert Downey Jr. for drug and weapon offences committed in the 1990s, following the entertainer's request for clemency. Downey was convicted in 1996 of possession of a controlled substance, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle with a prior conviction, driving under the influence with prior convictions and being under the influence of a controlled substance, according to the governor's pardon. Downey served one year and three months in prison and several years on parole and probation, with his case discharged in 2002 after he completed the terms of his sentence.
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| Central African Republic postpones key elections for three days |
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| By Crispin Dembassa-Kette BANGUI (Reuters) - Crucial elections in the Central African Republic have been postponed from Sunday until Dec. 30 because preparations are running late, Prime Minister Mahamat Kamoun said on Thursday. The polls are meant to restore democratic rule in the aftermath of bitter conflict. Ballots for the presidential and legislative elections, printed abroad, only arrived in the capital Bangui in the last few days and have yet to be distributed to polling stations across a nation with few roads. |
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