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Israelis held their breath as four soldiers, all women, were released from the Gaza Strip, the second group to be freed as part of a fragile cease-fire agreement with Hamas.
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Kenya Law’s IEBC Act text confirms the commission’s duty to review constituency and ward boundaries based on census data and population quota.Why it matters: Any movement on boundaries would have major county and national political consequences, especially for representation and ward-level contests.
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