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The stories below represent the 10 stories picked by Globe Online readers as the "most important" news of the day.
Justice - 4/23/2000
No one likes to see armed men break down the door and snatch a traumatized boy, but make no mistake about it: Justice and right were served in the early hours of yesterday morning in the Little Havana section of Miami. ''The law has been upheld, and that was the right thing to do,'' said President Clinton after the event.
A raid, then a reunion - 4/23/2000
MIAMI - Screaming ''Help me, help me,'' Elian Gonzalez was seized at gunpoint yesterday from his Miami relatives in a predawn raid by federal agents, ending a tumultuous custody standoff and clearing the way for the 6-year-old's reunion several hours later with his Cuban father.
Shock hardens to anger - 4/23/2000
Catholicism sees surge in adult conversions - 4/23/2000
As the sun falls and an Easter vigil fire burns outside their churches, they are escorted inside by candlelight.
Frustrated, Reno OK'd use of force - 4/23/2000
WASHINGTON - In the end, Janet Reno's patience ran out.
Iran's deadly war against drugs - 4/23/2000
SORKHE KALAT, Iran - A war is being waged on the wastelands of eastern Iran, but few outside this country are aware of it.
A truly robotic newsreader - 4/21/2000
Why is Ananova, the computer-generated character billed as ''the world's first virtual newsreader,'' just so darn creepy?
Wait has been tough to take - 4/23/2000
FENWAY PARK - What, you think I'm joking? When was the last time you saw a Boston sky that didn't inspire descriptions such as ''slate'' and ''steel gray''? And, really, when was the last time you actually saw anyone hit a fly ball here?
What it means to be Canadian - 4/20/2000
North of the border, Canadians have at long last found something to rally 'round. Something that makes them swell with patriotic pride and cheer themselves hoarse. Something that taps into the very essence of their national identity.
Schaefer was a royal flush - 4/22/2000
As we sat there this week watching the video sweeping us into new $325 million Foxboro Stadium on the wings of reality, my mind shot back to the opening days of its predecessor, the former Schaefer Stadium, a marvel of modern construction at a cost of $6 million.
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