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Nearly 1.7 million Liberians, almost half of them women, will have a chance to vote in this week's elections, the first organized nationally since the end of the country's civil conflict in 2003.

Many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters might not realize it, but they got really lucky when they elected to gather at Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan. Contrary to what most people think, the park isn't a public space; it's actually privately owned by Brookfield Office Properties, which has approximately 18 million square feet in Manhattan, including the World Financial Center. And that's why the group has been able to stay there for 20 days.