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President Barack Obama was ushered into a second-term Tuesday night, defeating Republican Mitt Romney in a series of close battleground state contests, according to network projections. Some prizes-Florida, Ohio and Virginia-were still too close to call, but there were encouraging signs for Obama because of still-to-be counted votes in Democratic strongholds there. In Florida, Obama [...]
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Despite the Malawi government's move to suspend a law banning same-sex relationships, activists say winning a total repeal will be an "uphill battle" in a country where homosexuality is considered a sin. "Malawi culture remains conservative," Billy Mayaya, a leading rights activist, told AFP just hours after President Joyce Banda's government announced the suspension of [...]
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The AP is projecting that Mark Pocan (D) has won his election to fill Tammy Baldwin's seat in Congress representing Wisconsin. This marks the first time a House seat has been held by two consecutive out lawmakers.
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The networks have called it for President Obama, who now gets a second chance on climate. Obama's legacy -- and indeed the legacy of all 21st century presidents, starting with George W. Bush -- will be determined primarily by whether we avert catastrophic climate change. If we don't, then Obama -- indeed, all of us [...]
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The networks have called it for President Obama, who now gets a second chance on climate. Obama's legacy -- and indeed the legacy of all 21st century presidents, starting with George W. Bush -- will be determined primarily by whether we avert catastrophic climate change. If we don't, then Obama -- indeed, all of us [...]
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The networks have called it for President Obama, who now gets a second chance on climate. Obama's legacy -- and indeed the legacy of all 21st century presidents, starting with George W. Bush -- will be determined primarily by whether we avert catastrophic climate change. If we don't, then Obama -- indeed, all of us [...]
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The networks have called it for President Obama, who now gets a second chance on climate. Obama's legacy -- and indeed the legacy of all 21st century presidents, starting with George W. Bush -- will be determined primarily by whether we avert catastrophic climate change. If we don't, then Obama -- indeed, all of us [...]
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A growing number of people are helping preserve the Welsh countryside by becoming small woodland owners. Steve Watkins found a boyhood dream of owning a wood more challenging than expected along with some surprising discoveries about the Great Outdoors.
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U.S. Election 2012: Good night for Obama so far President Barack Obama scored victories in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Tuesday and limited Republican challenger Mitt Romney's path to victory. Vote counts from Florida looks favorable for Obama so fa...
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Recent transport related developments :
Government is about to embark on 'Pave Zambia 2000', a programme with an initial budget of K150 billion, meant to develop township roads countrywide. It plans to pave about 2, 000 kilometres of township roads using labour-intensive paving blocks and cobblestone technology. The labour intensive technology would be piloted in 15 sites across the 10 provinces and that this would create more than 20, 000 short term jobs. The project is expected to be launched before the end of the year.
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The attorney general of Texas, Greg Abbott, warned that election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
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Americans vote today -- or more to the point it is the "most important election in the world" decided really by a select group of American voters living in what is known as "swing states" and by something called an electoral college. If you're wondering: no the popular vote doesn't matter, only for the legitimacy [...]
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(Nathan Matias, Matt Stempeck and others at Center for Civic Media have put together an excellent blog post on this event as well - I encourage you to read their post as well.) Election's eve at the MIT Media Lab featured a conversation on "Peer to Peer Politics". The featured guest, Steven Johnson, is the [...]
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