out of
a total population of some five million.
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An appeals court in the American state of Illinois has ruled that the former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel cannot run for mayor of Chicago next month, an election he was
tip
ped to win. From Washington, Paul Adams reports.
With less than a month to go before the people of Chicago go to the polls to select a new mayor, the Illinois appeals court says Rahm Emanuel's name cannot appear on the ballot because he won't have lived in the city for a year by the time the election takes place on 22 February.
After a lower court ruled that his name could appear on the ballot, this is certainly a
setback
but not the end of the story. Reacting to the decision, Mr Emanuel confirmed that he would appeal to Illinois Supreme Court and said he had no doubt he would
prevail
. With lots of money and political backing and leading in the polls, Mr Emanuel remains the favourite to succeed Mayor Richard Daley, who's stepping down after 22 years in office.
The man accused of attempting to murder the Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords more than two weeks ago has pleaded not guilty. Twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner was arrested after the shooting outside a supermarket in Tucson, in which Ms Giffords was shot through the head.
One of the big companies that buys cocoa from Ivory Coast, Cargill, says it's suspending further purchases. It follows a call from the internationally recognised President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, for a month-long ban on cocoa exports, which provide the main source of revenue for his rival Laurent Gbagbo, who's refusing to