Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Presidential election

  • South Koreas conservative ruling party was set to win Wednesdays legislative election, a key test of sentiment before Decembers presidential vote, according to a TV projection.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Cairo: They sit at opposite ends of Egypt's political spectrum and one of them was jailed by a government in which the other was chief of intelligence. Now they both want to be president.
  • (Independent Online)
  • It could be a sign of things to come, since Wisconsin expected to be a hotly contested state in Novembers presidential election.
  • (Post-Crescent)
  • AMERICANS are clamouring to speed up the 2014 security transition in Afghanistan so US troops can come home sooner. But the buzz in Kabul is about the political transition to a post-Karzai government and whether that should be accelerated.
  • (The Australian)
  • 11.03am: Just checking the transcript from todays Buffett rule remarks by President Obama – and yes he did call Ronald Reagan a wild-eyed socialist, tax-hiking, class warrior.
  • (live - The Guardian)
  • The election will also shape the next presidential election, which is just eight months away, The Chosun Ilbo reported.
  • (United Press International)
  • A former head of South Ossetias KGB has been declared the winner of a presidential election in Georgias breakaway region.
  • (EurasiaNet)
  • BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — An official has announced that Guinea-Bissaus presidential runoff will be held on President Desejado Lima da Costa announced the runoff election date at a news conference in Bissau on Wednesday.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Remember the last presidential election, way back in what now seems forever ago in 2008? That was fun. It was exciting. It didnt matter on which side of the political fence you resided. From a pure entertainment standpoint, 2008 politics were tremendous.
  • (Quincy Herald-Whig)

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