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On Wednesday, Democrats will pick up a Senate seat when former astronaut Mark Kelly is sworn in as a US senator for Arizona. Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally last month. Other senators-elect will have to wait until January to be sworn in for the new Congress. CNN reports that Kelly is able to take the oath of office right away since he won a special election. The swearing-in is slated to take place Wednesday afternoon. Party control of the Senate still has yet to be determined and now hinges on two Georgia runoffs set for January.
Colombo, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Catholic devotees in Sri Lanka took part Wednesday in a holy mass to mark the Ash Wednesda in Sri Lankan capital.Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day Lent period leading up to Easter, during which Catholics pray, fast and give alms. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES TAKE PART IN A HOLY MASS TO MARK ASH WEDNESDAY AT THE ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Manila, Feb 17 (EFE/EPA).- Filipinos gathered at churches throughout the Philippines on Wednesday to have their foreheads marked with a sooty cross sign to celebrate Ash Wednesday, the first day of the 40-day Catholic Lent season.Ash Wednesday is typically observed in the majority-Catholic country as a day of fasting, where devotees skip at least one full meal per day and abstain from eating meat and indulging in other worldly desires, such as drinking alcohol.Lent, which lasts about six weeks in the Christian calendar, is meant to prepare believers for Easter through prayer, repentance and reflection and commemorates the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert, according to the Gospels. The Philippines is the largest majority-Christian country in Asia, with 85.8 million practicing Christians, nearly 86 percent of whom are Roman Catholic. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE QUEUE TO RECEIVE ASH ON TOP OF THEIR HEADS DURING A HOLY MASS TO MARK ASH WEDNESDAY AT THE BACLARAN CHURCH IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
(CNN) Arizona certified its election results on Monday, awarding the state's 11 electoral votes to President-elect Joe Biden and clearing the way for Senator-elect Mark Kelly, a Democrat, to be sworn in this week. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, certified the election results Monday morning, saying the elections process was the most secure in recent history, "despite unfounded claims to the contrary." Doug Ducey and Attorney General Mark Brnovich, along with Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel, witnessed the certification, as required by state law.
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