The socialists did it!!

this is an for the group working on partial representation...

This is an overview about the Lebanese media its history and development ..

In case u'd like to review :)

The Spaniards have March 11 - the day in 2004 when Islamists inspired by al-Qaida bombed commuter trains, killed 191 people, and undoubtedly determined the results of national elections three days later. Now the French have March 19, the day of the attack in Toulouse, which may help determine the results of France's presidential elections at the end of next month.

A super PAC supporting Rick Santorum announced Thursday that it bought $310,000 in ads in Illinois in advance of that state's primary next week. The target: Mitt Romney. Santorum racked up a pair of wins earlier this week in Mississippi and Alabama, but trails far behind Romney in the delegate count.

Re-branding Sarkozy's image?

His plan is to lay a crafty trap, according to political analyst Stéphane Rozès. Struggling to catch frontrunner François Hollande, Sarkozy is seeking to "dramatise" the election. "He is saying in substance: 'In May, it will be more or chaos,'" Rozès tells Europe1.

Interesting analysis of the US motives from the Kony intervention

To clarify I am not against kony 2012 but 100% pro... However this video raises alot of questions and it highlights some of the issues we should take into consideration before advocating the Kony case... there are hundreds of people and guerrillas in Africa that are similar to Kony for instance their is Buko Haram in Nigeria bombing the north everyday why didnt they intervene if its a humanitarian cause... Could this be part of Obama's optimism strategy to prove that American is coming back furthermore with all the success that China has and the dominance it has in the African markets there are financial benefits that can be reaped from this intervention and probably kony is a tool http://sites.duke.edu/sjpp/2011/america-v-china-battleground-africa/ this is an article that highlights the issue...

The massive advocacy campaign is due to opinion leaders dispatching the video like Oprah Winfrey with 9.6 million followers or Rihanna along with several other artists... this is why the video had such a huge number of views in a short time... However, i think the reality is far more complex and much of it has to do with Western business interests in Africa, and in African resources in particular.

Could this have been a "wag the dog" attempt? creating stories to increase the popularity...

Vladimir Putin has claimed victory in Russia's presidential election, which the opposition and independent observers say has been marred by widespread violations. Putin addressed a rally of tens of thousands of his supporters just outside the Kremlin, thanking his supporters for helping foil foreign plots aimed at weakening the country.

28 February 2012 Last updated at 15:59 ET The legislative elections were the first since the uprising against President Hosni Mubarak Egypt's upper house of parliament has chosen an Islamist as its speaker, consolidating the Muslim Brotherhood's control of the country's legislature.