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All you need to know about the 2012 French Presidential Elections

Sarkozy "called Saturday for labels on all meat describing how the animals were slaughtered. A recent poll said halal meat was the No. 1 worry of the French people, he told reporters while explaining his shift."

The French election seems almost as absurd as the U.S. one!

Oh yes it is! The Frenchy style is exquisite *says with a Frenchy accent* ;-) Glad someone else than Jad & me is finally into it!

Yana Paskova for The New York Times LEOMINSTER, Mass. - These are the voters who know best - the ones who chose him as their governor a decade ago, embracing his promise to shake things up as a newcomer to elected office and positioning him for a future on the national stage.

This is a gret web platform to follow the US presidential elections. Check it out!

Rural Ohio Voters Grudgingly Accept Romney But voters in this city, which sits in John Boehner's congressional district, seemed divided at the polls, between those who had decided, grudgingly, to accept Mitt Romney, and those who just couldn't do it.

A heavily-bandaged Anwar Al-Bulkimy claimed he was beaten and robbed but his doctor revealed he was just recovering from plastic surgery When an Islamist MP reported that he had been badly beaten by masked gunmen who left him unconscious and robbed him of $16,000 (£10,000), the news was seen as worrying proof that post-revolutionary Egypt was falling into lawlessness.

kind of reminds me of Wag the Dog =P

lol I agree

Twitter activity studiend on the basis of primaries :)

You can zoom in for a better reading :)

Mar 3rd 2012 | from the print edition from the print edition | International WHEN Barack Obama used a text message to name his running-mate in 2008, it was a novelty. Now it would seem lame. The new gimmick is "m-campaigning": reaching voters through their internet-enabled mobile gadgets.

BE A MAN. VOTE FOR PUTIN. definitely writing a position paper about this.

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.

Some are just hilarious!

There are 290 seats in the Iranian Majlis, with members serving four-year terms. The chamber is officially led by a speaker. There are no political parties as such; instead, blocs or factions can emerge. The Parliament is dominated by "conservatives" and "principlists", a term usually applied to the political wave since the election of President Ahmadinejad in 2005.

If you know nothing about Iran, check this link before checking Jad's http://nerdcrunch.com/2011/05/20/how-iran-political-system-works/

for more details, check this one http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8051750.stm

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.

Interesting :)

Cool to see CCERLeb make these kind of videos!