New York Times:
Perhaps hoping to combat the widespread discontent and months of unrest that followed Iran's disputed presidential election, the Tehran city council has announced the start of laughter classes.
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The Trail:
Updated 2:53 p.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta The Democratic Party raised $11.5 million in October, a record month for a non-presidential election year in the post-McCain-Feingold era, according to a party source. That leaves the (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Europe and Russia are embroiled in an escalating contest over Ukraine ‑ its direction, its stability, and its alliances. Diplomats, analysts, and EU officials are warning that the situation could worsen sharply within weeks, (Read More)
FOXNews.com:
Florida is an important swing state as Republicans look ahead to the 2012 presidential election, and some see the soul of the national party at stake in this 2010 Senate battle between the governor and a former top state lawm (Read More)
Dispatches from the Culture Wars:
Just when you think things can't get any more loopy on the right, a new poll has found that a majority of Republicans actually believe that Obama is not the real president because ACORN stole the election for him. TPM Muckrak (Read More)
CNN:
De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has said he will temporarily step down from power in the days surrounding the scheduled November 29 presidential election. (Read More)
CNN:
De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti will temporarily step down from power in the days surrounding the scheduled November 29 presidential election, Micheletti says.
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CNN:
De facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti will temporarily step down from power in the days surrounding the scheduled November 29 presidential election, Micheletti said in a speech Thursday.
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Daily Kos:
Given the record of Goldman Sachs (as detailed in McClatchy's five-part series), AIG, Halliburton and other supposedly upright U.S. corporations, it's a tad arrogant to complain about the corruption of other countries. Endemi (Read More)
The Guardian:
Public Policy Polling has blazed the trail in the past few months of asking the kinds of questions no one else is asking, like do you think Obama is descended from Lenin and so on (a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea) (Read More)
MSNBC:
Newsweek: Public Policy Polling has found that 52 percent of GOP voters nationally think that ACORN stole the presidential election for Barack Obama last year, with only 27 percent granting that he won it legitimately. (Read More)
Daily Kos:
If you ever doubted Fox's political power, look no further than these new poll results from PPP: The poll asked this question: "Do you think that Barack Obama legitimately won the Presidential election last year, or do you (Read More)
Swing State Project:
? NY-23: Well, it didn't take long for Doug Hoffman to start bringing the crazy. (Maybe his new mentor Glenn Beck is already rubbing off on him.) First came the unconceding (and un-unconceding, as the absentee count wasn't ge (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
The Democratic National Committee raised $11.5 million during the month of October, a party source tells the Huffington Post. The haul, the source says, is a monthly record for a non-presidential election year since restricti (Read More)
Crooks and Liars:
Spencer Ackerman has done a yeoman's job digging into the details as to whether the 40-44,000 troop estimate by Gen. McChrystal is even realistic to consider, when one counts the number of troops still in Iraq and Gen. Odiern (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
When Doug Hoffman blamed ACORN for his loss in the NY-23 special House election, he was channeling the GOP base. A new Public Policy Polling survey found that a majority of Republican voters think that ACORN stole the preside (Read More)
FT.com - World, Europe:
The presidential election on Sunday is a vital step on the road to economic recovery and unblocking the recession-blighted country's access to international financial aid. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
KABUL — Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during an inauguration closely watched by the international community for signs (Read More)
The Guardian:
Barack Obama criticises Afghan government and Israeli settlement building, and says he won't read Sarah Palin's bookBarack Obama has backed away from his pledge to close the US prison at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the year, (Read More)