India's population will continue to grow and is likely to become the highest in the world by 2050. At the same time, European countries including Poland, Germany, Portugal and Italy will witness negative...
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""Barack Obama’s dear friends at ACORN are busy trying to lie, cheat, and steal their way to victory in November. The latest ACORN Watch entry comes to you from the battleground state of New Mexico, where election...
"Michael Phelps may rule the American sports universe for these Olympics, but in China, ask local fans who they're supporting and you'll start hearing names like Lin Dan (badminton), Zhang Yining (table tennis) and...
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"Given all the news coverage about the rise of the Chinese economy, you could be forgiven for thinking that the world's most populous country is hogging all the world's resources, while the developed nations are fighting for scraps. But, at least with transportation fuel,...
California will begin marrying gay and lesbian couples this afternoon. The new marriage licenses will list Party A and Party B, as opposed to bride and groom. "California begins marrying gay and lesbian couples...
"Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, and the central bank's Senior Deputy Governor Miranda Goeltom form an unusual clique in a country where the establishment is dominated by...
"Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, on Tuesday urged rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to hold a dialogue to end their differences, saying a divided community cannot secure peace and justice...
I'm going to Seoul next week and have been doing a little research."All South Korean males are constitutionally required to serve in the military, typically for a period of twenty-four months."Combine this with the following:"All Korean military units are required to have a...
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UPDATE: this just in via email from egoigwe:"Nigeria's
presidential and regional elections fell below international standards
and levels set in previous polls in the country, a U.S.-based
monitoring group said on...
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oting
began Saturday in Nigeria's landmark presidential elections, hours
after a failed attempt to blow up the electoral commission marred hopes
of a trouble-free poll in the first post-colonial transfer of...
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The barriers to voting have stacked up, but Nigeria has not given up. Once the dust settles, citizens of Africa's most populous nation are hoping that their efforts have not been in vain.An update from South Africa's Mail & Guardian:"An
attempt to blow up the electoral...
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As twenty-five presidential hopefuls prepare for the big day, evidence is mounting of yet more irregularities in Nigeria's drawn-out poll. "Nigeria's opposition accused the government of detaining its activists and stuffing ballot boxes in the north on Friday, a day before a...
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"It is always confusing for a politically charged, micro-management focused, uninformed populous to rile against what a war power professional may recognize as the right thing to do at a time of conflict ... but,...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Government authorities slaughtered thousands of chickens and other fowl kept in backyard farms and in cages in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Sunday, in an attempt to stop the spread of bird-flu virus that has killed at least five people in two weeks.
South...