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Resultados da pesquisa - South African cartoonist makes light of Mandela
South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro talks during an interview with the Associated Press at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008. The South African cartoonist Shapiro says former President Nelson2008-11-18 09:44 -
- Major Ecumenical Groups Plead for Zimbabwe Democracy
Six well-known ecumenical organizations banded together to call for the protection of the right to life, dignity and democracy of the people of Zimbabwe on Friday.
Phai Munaingo, left who lives with his family of four children in a one room makeshift2008-11-15 12:36 -
- South African new party to unveil logo
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Congress of the People, a new South
African political party to be launched in Bloemfontein on Saturday, will unveil
its logo, the SABC reported.
The logo which will have colors of the South African flag is2008-11-15 03:41 -
- Uduaghan, Ohakim Point to AU's Future
18 November 2008
Posted to the web 18 November 2008
Governors Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State and Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State shared the podium yesterday as they pointed the imperatives for the future relevance of the African Union (AU).
They spoke at2008-11-18 01:01 -
- Beacon of democracy
A little before midnight on November 4, I checked my blackberry. There was an email from Barack Obama. ‘Paramita’ it read. ‘We just made history. And I don’t want you to forget how we did it. You made history every single ...2008-11-15 13:02 -
- Africa longs for democracy
Africa may have hailed his victory, but Barack Obama's election as the first black president of the United States has triggered awkward questions about the continent's own democratic track record.
As the euphoria fades, opposition parties across the2008-11-11 09:57 -
- Uganda: Democracy Not Solution to Overty - Nuwagaba
12 November 2008
Posted to the web 13 November 2008
Democracy is not the solution to poverty, a senior lecturer at Makerere University has said.
"As long as African governments get away with poor governance and lack of accountability, foreign aid will2008-11-13 03:13 -
- Byron Williams: Blaming the African American Community Oversimplifies Prop.8 Results
The epilogue for most losing campaigns is to ascertain the reasons for defeat. This process can range from honest self-reflection to delusional rationalization. Opponents of...2008-11-14 11:15 -
- President Kufuor assures of peaceful elections
Kumasi, Nov 17, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor has given the assurance that government would do everything possible to ensure peaceful elections in December. He said the whole world, especially adherents of democracy, was looking up to2008-11-17 08:17 -
- Democracy support: a time to debate ,
Even international civil servants not given to
the expression of overtly political sentiments can find themselves moved by a
display of public and democratic affirmation. Such was the case around midnight
on 4 November 2008, when I found myself in a2008-11-17 14:25 -
- Kromah Reflects On Obama's Election
11 November 2008
Posted to the web 14 November 2008
It is often said when America sneeze, the world catches chill, meaning that the impact of America is indeed profound upon the world
The recent elections in that country have become another barometer2008-11-13 23:37 -
- President Obama can redeem the White House
Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story.
The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States2008-11-18 10:51 -
- WCC NEWS: Zimbabwe: Six global ecumenical groupings plead for life, dignity + democracy (WCC Media WCC NEWS: Zim)
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For immediate release - 14/11/2008 17:39:30
GLOBAL ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATIONS2008-11-14 12:50 -
- Central African Republic says rebels kill 14 troops
(Adds details, background)
BOSSANGOA, Central African Republic, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rebels in the northwest of Central African Republic have killed 14 government soldiers in an ambush near the border with Chad, a regional government official said on2008-11-12 02:26 -
- Mauritanian Parliament Meets Without Pro-Democracy Chairman
The Mauritanian parliament on Monday met for the first time in regular session and for only the second time since a coup d'etat three months ago. However, it opened without its chairman who is boycotting the body because of the government overthrow.2008-11-10 15:04 -
- Central African Republic says rebels kill 14 troops
BOSSANGOA, Central African Republic, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rebels in the northwest of Central African Republic killed 14 government soldiers and destroyed their vehicle in an ambush near the border with Chad, a regional government official said on2008-11-12 01:23 -
- Race less of an issue
South Africans are not overwhelmingly preoccupied with affirming their racial identities in their voting behaviour, a study has found.2008-11-17 21:02 -
- Southern Africa: Yar'Adua - PDP Will Partner ANC to Promote Democracy
16 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to work with the African National Congress (ANC) to use democratic governance as vehicle to take the continent to the league of developed nations, President Umaru2008-11-17 05:53 -
- Blessing-Miles Tendi: African solutions to problems like Zimbabwe will fail so long as leaders think only of their own electorates
Blessing-Miles Tendi: African solutions to problems like Zimbabwe will fail so long as leaders think only of their own2008-11-10 04:35 -
- Socio-Economic Rights - African Commission Tasked On Country
11 November 2008
Posted to the web 12 November 2008
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), has been called upon to put pressure on the Nigerian government to end the suffering of millions of citizens who continue to live in almost2008-11-11 23:33 -
- South African musical legend Miriam Makeba dies
He said it was "fitting" that her last moments were spent on stage.
The Pineta Grande clinic in Castel Volturno, near the southern city of Naples, said Makeba died early Monday of a heart attack.
Makeba collapsed on stage Sunday night after singing one2008-11-10 10:13 -
- Nigeria: African Commission, CSOs Collaborate On Human Rights
4 November 2008
Posted to the web 6 November 2008
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has unveiled plans to hold a Forum on the participation of Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on the issue of protection and promotion of2008-11-06 15:48 -
- Miriam Makeba, South African songstress, dies at 76
Mieczyslaw Rakowski, last Communist prime minister of Poland
LONDON: Miriam Makeba, a South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her own country though her music was formally2008-11-10 10:16 -
- South African cartoonist makes light of Mandela
...slipping. The exhibit opened Tuesday at Mandela's Johannesburg offices as part of yearlong celebrations of the former South African president's 90th birthday. Much of the work lauds Mandela's role as national liberator and reconciler of South Africa's multicultural...2008-11-18 12:40 -
- South Africa: Tone Down the Leftist Posturing - Economists
18 November 2008
Posted to the web 18 November 2008
THERE is mounting concern over the possible effect of calls for shifts in economic policy from left-wing politicians, given that global turmoil has already put SA's foreign capital inflows in jeopardy.2008-11-18 00:22 -
- Obama's Victory Can't Be Underrated
OPINION
16 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
THOUGH I found David Ssepuuya's article "Why is Obama regarded black and not white?" nice prose, it failed to interrogate the issue of racism and politics.
Yet this is the essence of the2008-11-17 03:08 -
- Joshua Hoyt: Democracy and the Inclusion of the Undocumented
For many in the immigrant communities the election of Barack Obama is a beacon of hope that our American Democracy will finally include them.2008-11-07 12:07 -
- Another award for M&G's Ncube
M&G; proprietor Trevor Ncube has received the illustrious German African Award 2008 in recognition of his fight for media freedom.2008-11-14 21:13 -
- American Embassy's National Daily Press Review
18 November 2008
Posted to the web 18 November 2008
This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
The power struggle between the Ivorian State Prosecutor2008-11-18 11:16 -
- In Strasbourg, Zimbabwe PM-Designate Tsvangirai Seeks EU Assistance
Zimbabwean prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday urged European leaders to boost humanitarian assistance to his impoverished and increasingly hungry country instead of ratcheting up sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner2008-11-17 11:01 -
- Miriam Makeba Was a Leading Light
OPINION
14 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
South Africa's singer Miriam Makeba, who recently died was not just an extraordinary musician.
She was a larger than life figure whose influence reached out from the entertainment scene to the2008-11-17 04:33 -
- The 'silent revolution' among South African voters
Marianne Thamm, Open Society Research Fellow for 2008, reports on new electoral volatility that poses a threat to the ANC's overwhelming majority.2008-11-17 21:02 -
- Geoffrey R. Stone: Democracy, Religion and Proposition 8
How can a free society reconcile the often competing values of democracy, religious liberty and the separation of church and state? This challenge was vividly...2008-11-15 16:12 -
- Obama's election demonstrates maturity of American democracy
For a country which until the early 1920s didn't allow women to vote and had seen multiple suffrage movements to disband all restrictions on race, religion and property to exercise the right to vote, having an African American president is indeed2008-11-09 08:46 -
- Amber Arellano: Obama could be inspiring example
Growing up in Brooklyn in the early 1960s, Mike Flanagan was like a lot of Irish Catholic boys of his time. He aspired to be an Irish New York City cop -- or a garbage man who would get a great job riding along the back of a funky garbage truck.
Then2008-11-17 00:13 -
- Voting should be easy, accessible
Among the 125 million Americans who voted in the presidential election this year were millions who were voting for the first time, including young adults and minorities. The attraction for many was the campaign of Barack Obama, the presence of Sarah2008-11-16 01:34 -
- Commentary: Making voting accessible and easy
Among the 125 million Americans who voted in the presidential election this year were millions who were voting for the first time, including young adults and minorities. The attraction for many was the campaign of Barack Obama, the presence of Sarah2008-11-17 14:32 -
- Polls close in crucial Guinea Bissau elections - Summary
Nairobi/Bissau - Polls closed in Guinea Bissau Sunday evening after peaceful voting in parliamentary elections seen as crucial in bringing stability to the tiny West African nation and curbing the rise of South American drug barons.2008-11-16 14:27 -
- Russ Goes Where Democracy Began
(CBS) The election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African-American president is the latest historic development in the great experiment known as American democracy. And on The Early Show Friday, news anchor Russ Mitchell reported on his trip to2008-11-08 10:00 -
- Senator Lansana Quits NDPL
13 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
Senator Lahai Lansanah is looking for fortress to continue the legal battle presently before him, and so he has decided to leave the party - National Democratic Party of Liberia - that provided him2008-11-17 06:41 -
- Mkhize warns of theat to democracy
He said accusations of communist dominance was just politicking by those who had left the ANC to form their own party.
"Terror Lekota was not backed by KwaZulu-Natal in his candidacy as the national ANC chairperson at the 1997 conference. But Lekota2008-11-09 23:49 -
- No Perfect Democracy - Aduwo
7 November 2008
Posted to the web 7 November 2008
National coordinator of Rights' Monitoring Group (RMG) Mr. Olufemi Akinbule Aduwo, has said that there is no perfect democracy in the world. He, however, supported the chairman, Independent National2008-11-07 12:25 -
- Guinea-Bissau votes in search for stability
BISSAU (Reuters) - Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election donors hope will restore stability in a small West African state prostrated by poverty and threatened by international drug-traffickers.
Electoral2008-11-16 06:25 -
- Jeff Johnson: The United States of Obama
Everyone from local Dutch youth leaders to former African and European heads of state expressed their excitement and confidence in the change possible from an Obama administration.2008-11-17 08:36 -
- Prop. 8 an example of hazards of direct democracy
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- DA: We didn't copy Obama
The Obama campaign logo was a major component of his successful campaign. The DA logo was released to the media at the weekend. (News24 composite image)
Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance re-launched itself as a "party of government" at the weekend,2008-11-17 06:27 -
- Polls open in crucial Guinea Bissau elections
Nairobi/Bissau - Polls opened in Guinea Bissau Sunday morning as parliamentary elections seen as crucial in bringing stability to the tiny West African nation and curbing the relentless rise of South American drug barons got under2008-11-16 01:18 -
- Ambassador Vaal Neto Attends Ceremony That Honoured Festus Mogae
17 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
Angolan ambassador to Egypt, Hendrik Vaal Neto, represented Angola last Saturday in the ceremony that served to hand over to Botswana's former president, Festus Mogae, his international prize.
The2008-11-17 05:13 -
- South Africa: New Bid in Parliament to Save Scorpions
17 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
Two civil society organisations have mounted a last-ditch attempt to get Parliament's upper house to reject the bills that will scrap the Scorpions and create a new organised crime unit in the police2008-11-17 00:25 -
- S Africa's ANC loses top official
The ex-head of communications for South Africa's ruling ANC resigns ahead of the launch of a breakaway party.2008-11-13 06:30 -
- Russ Goes Where Democracy Began
(CBS) The election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African-American president is the latest historic development in the great experiment known as American democracy. And on The Early Show Friday, news anchor Russ Mitchell reported on his trip to2008-11-07 11:14 -
- Obama: Face of Americas Mestisaje
Barack Obama as president of the United States marks an epochal watershed in American history. The results clearly present Americas new face as a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society, or more accurately, a mestizo (mixed race) nation.
The presidential2008-11-14 12:01 -
- ANC to oppose new party
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"The ANC will therefore oppose any attempt by any persons to appropriate the political heritage of the ANC to advance their own political ambitions."
The statement said the Congress of the People in 1955 was "where the Freedom2008-11-11 03:08 -
- Obama win shared by world
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- Arianna Huffington: Tuesday's Second Biggest Winner: Democracy
Along with Barack Obama (and the other winners I've written about), there was another big winner on election day: democracy. Based on initial numbers, it...2008-11-07 09:37 -
- Obama's win challenges Castro ideals
T he Obama conundrum threatens the Castro brothers' dysfunctional dynasty. Democracy and capitalism, the duo's argument goes, is only good for the white and the comfortable preying on the black and poor.
Then this son of a black Kenyan dad and a white2008-11-16 01:23 -
- Ghana: Polling Shows Statistical Absurdity
OPINION
18 November 2008
Posted to the web 18 November 2008
If some of the pre-election opinion polls that have come out so far are anything to go by, then both the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would win next two2008-11-18 11:30 -
- Why I resigned from the ANC - Smuts Ngonyama
Statement issued by the former ANC spokesman November 13 2008.
It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that I announce my formal resignation from the African National Congress (ANC). It is not a decision that I can take lightly, and indeed, it is2008-11-13 15:14 -
- Peaceful transition a credit to veterans
The U.S. made history last week, electing its first African-American president.
The contrast between the two candidates' voting records, experience, and ideologies were very different. As the nation makes the transition from one of its most2008-11-12 05:38 -
- Obama win shared by world
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- War of the ex-comrades
Shilowa worked as a security guard at The Star in Johannesburg and rose through the trade union ranks. He was dragged into court in a paternity battle by a man later proved to be his son.
Shilowa said that after the court ruling he paid maintenance2008-11-16 01:09 -
- Fisk Jubilee Singers receive 2008 National Medal of Arts
The Fisk University Jubilee Singers have been selected as one of nine recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts.
Created by an act of Congress in 1984, the National Medal of Arts is the nation's highest honor for artists and patrons of the arts.2008-11-18 01:42 -
- S Africa mourns musical mother of the nation
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela praised Miriam Makeba as a mother of modern South Africa who gave voice to the anti-apartheid struggle, as tributes2008-11-10 16:22 -
- Senator hopes to outlaw sale of inauguration tickets
A key Democratic lawmaker has vowed to ban the sale and counterfeiting of tickets to Barack Obama’s inauguration, warning the dignified ritual should not take on the airs of a “football game.” California Senator Dianne Feinstein yesterday November 17,2008-11-18 00:28 -
- 'We have no respect for our constitution'
Former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson once said South Africa wanted to move away from a closed, repressive, race-based oligarchy towards an open, democratic society anchored in the values of human dignity, equality and freedom.
During the2008-11-17 23:53 -
- South Africa: Economy Guru Urges Country's Left to Mind Their Statements
14 November 2008
Posted to the web 14 November 2008
LEFT-wing politicians should watch what they say as they could destabilise the economy during this time of severe global turbulence, a former architect of SA's economic policy said yesterday.
Pan2008-11-14 00:07 -
- MDC-T Stalling to Open Door for West
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
OPINION
14 November 2008
Posted to the web 14 November 2008
THE posturing by MDC-T and the complementary portentous utterances made by the party's leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, after the party achieved their goal2008-11-14 08:38 -
- Taiwan Church Leaders Weigh In on Obama's Victory (enews Taiwan Church)
From "enews"
Date Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:20:14 +0800
>Taiwan Church News
>2959 Edition
>November 10~16, 2008
Taiwan Church Leaders Weight In On Obama’s Victory
>Reported by: Lin Yi-ying
>Written by: Lydia Ma
Several church leaders2008-11-17 21:35 -
- Minorities press Obama
Both are now counting on Obama to appoint Hispanic and African-American politicians to his Cabinet as a way of rewarding their support.
Identity politics in the Democratic Party are already presenting challenges to President-elect Barack Obama,2008-11-11 12:14 -
- Body of Miriam Makeba arrives in Johannesburg
The body of singing legend and activist "Mama Africa" Miriam Makeba, who died in Italy aged 76, arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday.2008-11-12 01:10 -
- GNR Release Better Song- Great White Fire Settlement Delay- Neil Finn and Friends- Kravitz Dancin- Rainbow Reunion?- Kanye Mixed Up and more
11/18/2008
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(antiMusic) A bit of a slow news day but here are today's quick music news stories: Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' release date is less than a week away (November 23rd.) If the title track didn't grab you, try on the second single2008-11-17 21:21 -
- New Party Must Take Steps on New Roads
COLUMN
13 November 2008
Posted to the web 13 November 2008
AMONG the criticisms directed at Mosiuoa Lekota and his colleagues in the new Congress of the People is that before they broke away from the African National Congress (ANC) they supported some2008-11-13 01:37 -
- Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls
The people of Guinea-Bissau are voting in parliamentary elections which are seen as a major test for the country's stability.2008-11-15 23:54 -
- Congo's riches, plundered by renegade troops
nation after many years of tyranny and war, and of the deadly role the country's immense natural wealth has played in its misery.
BISIE, Congo — Deep in the forest, high on a ridge stripped bare of trees and vines, the colonel sat atop his mountain of2008-11-15 21:24 -
- NPP to host Democrat Union of Africa conference
Accra, Nov. 17, GNA - The New Patriotic Party (NPP) will host a two-day Democrat Union of Africa (DUA) conference on November 22 to 23 in Accra.
A statement signed by NPP's Head of International Affairs, Mr Charles Owiredu, said the conference2008-11-17 12:27 -
- Mauritania's toppled president to fight coup
Mauritania's ousted president said he would join the fight to restore democracy in the Saharan state, despite a claim from the military junta which toppled him that he would retire. Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was transferred from house arrest2008-11-15 07:04 -
- African leaders to pile pressure on Mugabe
Southern African leaders will pile pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai at a summit on Sunday.2008-11-06 23:49 -
- Feinstein pushes ban on sale of inauguration tickets
Feinstein, who heads the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, called the presidential inauguration ceremony one of the most important rituals of our democracy.
The chance to witness this event should not be bought and sold like2008-11-17 15:47 -
- Amy Goodman: How Obama Can Help Redeem the White House
Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States2008-11-13 12:02 -
- 'ANC is like the old National Party'
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Lekota said people rejoiced during the birth of democracy in 1994, but the fears they had dismissed had returned 14 years later.
"Many people who wanted to be here have not come, after seeing what happened at the other meetings.2008-11-17 03:31 -
- The Things that Haven't Happened Yet
As a public service, here is our newly updated list of the remaining things that haven't happened yet:
African-American elected president of United States
Joe DiMaggio's consecutive-game hit record broken
Peace in Middle East
World oil supply runs2008-11-17 04:44 -
- The World Reacts to Obama’s Election
There was dancing and singing, hugging and crying, and American flags waving proudly; and no, not just in Washington, D.C. or other liberal strong holds. All across the nation and around the world, the mood after Barack Obama was announced as the2008-11-17 08:40 -
- Obama's election demonstrates maturity of American democracy (Comment)
The victory of Barack Obama in the US presidential elections signifies once again the depth and maturity of American democracy. For a country which until the early 1920s didn't allow women to vote and had seen multiple suffrage movements to disband all2008-11-08 23:13 -
- FOLLOW THE LEADER
SINCE John McCain's defeat, Republicans have been doing some intensive soul searching about the state of their party. I feel their pain. Not that long ago, Democrats were licking their wounds following a second defeat by a man they viewed as having the2008-11-17 03:04 -
- Cope nails its colours to the mast
The Congress of the People (Cope) -- which is expected to be launched in Bloemfontein on Saturday -- will also unveil its logo.2008-11-15 02:53 -
- Response: The last thing Congo needs is these neo-colonial remedies
Paul Collier's prescriptions for resolving the recent post-election crises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are deeply flawed (Naive faith in the ballot box, November 3). Collier states: "What is needed is a massive contracting-out approach to2008-11-11 17:03 -
- Uganda: Local on Obama's Winning Team
15 November 2008
Posted to the web 17 November 2008
"There is a young man on my campaign whose grandfather lives in Uganda. He is 81 years old and has never experienced true democracy in his lifetime. During the reign of Idi Amin, he was literally2008-11-17 01:20 -
- Barack Obama's Election Brings Us Into Dawn's Early Light
A moment hundreds of years in the making, brought about by millions of engaged citizens
It was 11:30 p.m. the Friday before the presidential elections. Nikita Dawson had persevered in line for hours, vacillating between light banter with other waiting2008-11-13 08:31 -
- Election 2008 - Tradition And the Domestication of Democracy
OPINION
30 October 2008
Posted to the web 30 October 2008
Concerned by the increasing murky politics in the run up to the December 7 general elections, Ghanaian traditional rulers are increasingly drawing from the deep-well of their cultural values to2008-10-30 12:13 -
- Nigeria: Oshiomhole in, Osunbor Out
12 November 2008
Posted to the web 14 November 2008
Streets in Benin erupted in jubilation that extended to Lagos and beyond on Tuesday when the Appeal Court handed the Edo State Governorship to Adams Oshiomhole, the popular former Labour leader now a2008-11-14 09:07 -
- Religion digest
the sanctuary will make the church feel less empty and more inviting.
BUSH HITS 'RELIGIOUS CLEANSING': A series of violent attacks on Christians in India calls for a "strong and urgent American response," a broad group of U.S. Christian leaders urged2008-11-13 12:42 -
- Hanson: Win One For the Messiah!
Our divine edict from on high is simple: O wide world of little faith: Don’t blow it! So Europeans buck up for Barack, and get back in Afghanistan! Illiberal Russia, hands off those democracies on your borders and don’t make Barack do something2008-11-11 22:23 -
- Ned Temko: The significance of Bush's Rose Garden speech
It may sound bizarre at a time when George W Bush's approval ratings have tumbled to a historic low of 28%. But America, and the world, owe the 43rd president of the United States a full-throated chorus of gratitude.Not for Iraq, "surge" or no surge –2008-11-14 04:40 -
- Meriden man had to fight for France in WWI
MERIDEN, Conn.—Pvt. William Henry Washington wasn't considered fit to serve under the American flag during World War I because of the color of his skin, but France was only too happy to have him.
Phyllis Timm of Meriden was aware that Washington, her2008-11-16 10:48 -
- Hoping for the Future with Barack Obama
One out of four of you who are reading this right now, you are really afraid right now, based on the polls that are being taken by CNN and Gallup and other news organizations.
Among those of us who voted, 52 percent said yes for Barack Obama and 462008-11-16 07:50 -
- Tutu praises Bizos
Nelson Mandela brought the crowds to their feet as they watched him slowly shuffle to the top table to be by Bizos' side.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, former president Thabo Mbeki and his wife Zanele, former chief justice Arthur Chaskalson and2008-11-16 01:57 -
- Parties divided on change of electoral system
Calls for electoral change remain at the centre of political debate. Various opposition parties have mixed views about changing the electoral system for the national and provincial elections. Others support the mixed system of constituency based and2008-11-12 08:18 -
- Algeria vote to end term limits angers opposition
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian lawmakers are expected to vote on Wednesday to lift presidential term limits, a move seen by the OPEC member's opposition as a ruse to let President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stay in office for life.
Bouteflika, 71, says the2008-11-11 02:46 -
- Algeria vote to end term limits angers opposition
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian lawmakers are expected to vote on Wednesday to lift presidential term limits, a move seen by the OPEC member's opposition as a ruse to let President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stay in office for life.2008-11-11 03:12 -
- William Gumede: Africa needs more Obamas
William Gumede: The dearth of talented political leaders in Africa makes Obama's success all the more captivating2008-11-10 03:13 -
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