setting a new record for Latin American artwork.

Richardson would not speak with if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom.Longtime friends and supporters attributed Richardsons success partly to his relentlessness.

an increase in the state minimum wage from $5.He brought Washington-style politics to an easygoing western state with a part-time Legislature.said if Richardson wanted something done then expect him to have a shotgun at the end of the hallway.

Richardson continued his freelance diplomacy even while serving as governor.He traveled to North Korea in 2007 to recover remains of American servicemen killed in the Korean War.

I use the bully pulpit of the governorship.

He wanted to run for political office and said New Mexico.even as 89 officers were wounded.

At least 15 people were killed.Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association Clement Voule.

The latest demonstrations were organized despite a near-total shutdown of internet services and the disruption of telephone lines across Sudan.Thousands took to the streets on Wednesday in Khartoum and other cities but were met by the deadliest crackdown since the coup.