Norway's Alexander Rybak has won the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with 387 points. Previous reporting: The Eurovision Song Contest final takes place in Moscow, Russia tonight, and voters in 25 countries are...
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"Ahmadi, bye-bye, Ahmadi bye-bye", come the chants from the Green Army, shooting out peace signs with their fingers to any fellow green-clad passers-by. They may also use, "death to the dictator", or simply, "don't...
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BC Votes 2009 Election and STV Referendum ResultsGordon Campbell has won his third straight victory as premier of British Columbia. It's still early and the votes are still being counted, but projections...
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Maria and I were roommates last year, our freshman year in college. With a presidential election unfolding around us, our conversation always touched on the political. Although we were aligned in views, we stood apart because of our respective citizenship papers. Unlike me,...
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I will not patronize your intellect with a note that is peppered with flowery vocabulary and expressions of bravado; I only write to articulate a sentiment, a moment of enlightenment who’s aura has illuminated...
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Ashutosh Kaushik, the ‘dhaba’ owner from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh , was named winner of Bigg Boss Season two on Saturday at a star-studded finale. He takes home prize money of Rs 1 crore."Ashutosh...
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A New Political Party Is Needed Joel S. Hirschhorn Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable showing this year,...
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The Anti-Incumbency Movement is Dead Joel S. Hirschhorn Voting out congressional incumbents failed this year, showing the anti-incumbency movement to be a clear letdown. For some years many...
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If you are an American citizen living abroad who has not yet received your absentee ballot by mail, or who was unable to register to vote in your home state prior to the election, you can still cast a vote...
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The polls in the 2008 US election are now starting to close. People were lining up statewide to vote; to cast their ballot for the next President of the United States. Poll results will start to trickle in soon,...
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The other day I went to the gym. There is a cute virginal-like 20 year old girl that works behind the front desk. She is so sweet and it seemed like she has a good head on her shoulders. Never...
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"Artifex Software, the company behind the open source Ghostscript PDF processing software, has filed a lawsuit against voting machine vendor Diebold and its subsidiary Premier Election Solutions. Artifex says that Diebold violated the GPL by incorporating Ghostscript into...
It seemed like a slam dunk, here in Oregon. Gordon Smith (R) was out, Jeff Merkley (D) was in. So, Fox News called the race in Merkley's favor. So, what's the problem? With only 20% of precincts reporting, the vote was FAR from over. In fact, in some areas (notably downtown...
" I Voted - And I voted in a way that my vote was not purchased through income re-distribution by the federal government or through a four to one commercial buy on television. The Main Stream Media did not...
We all are feeling great to be an American today, it was a magic day, a lot of excitement in US, and I have never seen an American election like that. Election results are expected start to popping up in...