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Obama or Romney: History has shown, by the ages of most US presidents, younger does matter   Dilemma X Some Americans feel the age of a president at their first inauguration should coincide with the more current time period. Many American voters think a president should be able to relate to current trends and the future […]

Angola sets next general election date   AFP Angola has set August 31 as the date for elections likely to return President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his ruling MPLA to power. But opposition parties claim voting cannot be free and fair.   “The Council of the Republic has pronounced in favour of August 31 […]

Egypt’s presidential election: Facts about the historic post-Mubarak vote By Leila Fadel The Washington Post Why is the Egyptian presidential election important? This is Egypt’s first competitive presidential election in modern history. For the first time, Egyptians will get to choose who leads, and people have a choice of 13 candidates. The result will also […]

In 30 years the United States is projected to no longer be majority white in population. How will that change America?     Poll- What do you think? ___________________________________________   Video:   ___________________________________   Census: Minorities Constitute 37 Percent of U.S. Population May 17, 2012   By Doris Nhan | National Journal   The Census […]

Under fire, South Africa’s former president repudiates apartheid By Samuel Burke, CNN (CNN) — Under fire for his comments on apartheid, former South African President F.W. de Klerk clarified his position again Wednesday, saying that he repudiates the system of racial segregation as unacceptable. De Klerk called apartheid “morally unjustifiable” and “that it could not […]

Will African American Christian pastors and Muslim imams tell their congregations to stay home on election day in 2012? Barack Obama went on record as the first American president to support same-sex marriage. Video: _____________________________ Video: 1950s Education on “Homosexuals”   ____________________________ Video: Mike Wallace – “The Homosexuals” (1967)   ____________________________________ Video: Reality Check– President Barack Obama and Mitt […]

  After fiery speech by Congressman John Lewis, Voting Rights Amendment is pulled By Jennifer Steinhauer The New York Times Sometimes during lengthy floor debates on bills, interesting things happen in the witching hours. Such was the case late Wednesday, when Representative John Lewis of Georgia pushed back with a fiery speech directed at an […]

North Carolina nominee for lieutenant governor: Democrat Linda Coleman       By John Frank The News & Observer   A Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor emerged Tuesday in the low-profile race for the state’s No. 2 post, but a crowded Republican field left the party’s nominee undecided. Linda Coleman, the state’s former personnel director, […]

Vladimir Putin returns as President of Russia Vladimir Putin is sworn in as the new Russian President during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 7, 2012. Vladimir Putin appealed for unity in Russia after being sworn as president on Monday and pledged to strengthen democracy in his new six-year term. REUTERS/Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/Pool […]

François Hollande has defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in French presidential election Left-wing candidate François Hollande has defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday’s runoff, becoming the first Socialist to win a French presidential election since François Mitterrand in 1988.   France’s newly-elected President Francois Hollande (L) celebrates on stage with his companion Valerie Trierweiler after results in […]