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Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour Rules Out 2012 Presidential Run
By not in system - AOL NewsJACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour ruled out a 2012 presidential bid on Monday, saying he lacked the necessary "absolute fire in the belly" to run and wasn't ready for the "all-consuming effort." The announcement was unexpected, given the two-term governor's recent visits to several states with early presidential contests, including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He also had lined up political advisers for a possible run, and he had tested an economy-focused campaign speech in Chicago last month. The stout governor had even lost some weight as advisers had ...
Arizona Legislature OKs Presidential 'Birther' Bill
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX - The Arizona Legislature gave final approval late Thursday night to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot. Arizona would become the first state to require such proof if Gov. Jan Brewer signs the measure into law. Republican Rep. Carl Seel of Phoenix, the author of the bill, said the bill wasn't about opposition to Obama. "This bill is about the integrity of our elections," Seel said. Thirteen other states have considered similar proposals this year. ...
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Ivory Coast Crisis Deepens as President Refuses to Step Down
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsAmid reports of atrocities and mass graves, four African leaders arrived in Abidjan today in another attempt to persuade Ivory Coast's tenacious President Laurent Gbagbo to step down. Gbagbo has refused to concede to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, whose victory in the November presidential election has been recognized by the international community. "This second round of talks is supposed to be the last chance for Gbagbo, but nothing is certain," Rinaldo Depagne, a senior analyst for the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, told AOL News today. Sunday Alamba, AP Four ...
UN Warns Ivory Coast Standoff Could Ignite Civil War
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsA dangerous political standoff between two presidential candidates is pushing the Ivory Coast to the brink of a new civil war, the United Nations warned today. France asked its estimated 15,000 citizens to leave the former French colony, and the World Bank froze funding amid the worsening conflict between presidential candidates Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara. Ouattara, a Muslim from the north, was recognized by the international community as the winner of the Nov. 28 presidential election. But Gbagbo, the powerful incumbent who is a southern Christian, is refusing to step ...
Riots Erupt After Europe's 'Last Dictator' Claims Re-Election in Belarus
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsGovernment agents in Belarus have hauled off hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets protesting the disputed election victory of their president, dubbed Europe's " last dictator" for his 16-year iron-fist rule over the former Soviet republic. The country's election commission announced late Sunday that incumbent Alexander Lukashenko had won nearly 80 percent of the vote, handing him a fourth term in the office he's held since 1994. But opposition candidates complained of vote-rigging, and thousands rioted last night in the capital Minsk's central Independence Square. Hundreds of ...
Uganda's Rapping President Gets Rapped for Song
By Ioannis Gatsiounis - AOL News
KAMPALA, Uganda (Dec. 11) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has "written" a rap song ahead of the February election that's become the most popular ring tone in this hip-hop-loving nation, and now he's looking to copyright his smash hit. There's just one problem: He didn't compose the rhyme; it's a Kinyankole children's song to which Museveni has added the single line, "You want another rap?" -- which is also the song's title. The song's lyrics ignore pressing electoral issues like corruption, high unemployment and rising tribal tensions in favor of a tale about a knife that's traded for ...
Opposition Cries Foul as Egyptian Elections Near
By Sarah A. Topol - AOL News
CAIRO (Nov. 22) -- Egypt's streets are festooned with posters of rival candidates competing for seats in Sunday's parliamentary elections. Loudspeakers boom candidate slogans and followers chant their support. But despite the carnival air of competition, activists and opposition groups warn this could be Egypt's most unfair election in a decade. Thousands of candidates are vying for 508 seats, including 64 reserved for women, in the People's Assembly, Egypt's lower house of parliament, but they will likely do so without any substantive independent monitoring. Elections in Egypt are ...
Politics in Our Movies: From 'Mr. Smith' to 'Casino Jack'
By James Grady - Politics DailyAll across America this lame-duck congressional season, we're driving past malls or walking down Main Streets where theater marquees offer two major motion pictures "about" politics: "Casino Jack" starring Kevin Spacey and "Fair Game" starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. But the truth is, every movie is "about" politics. Every work of art creates a vision of reality and rules for that realm. Even when a movie is not a fact-driven documentary, what's on film are "people" making choices of conscience and circumstance. On some level, choice always involves politics -- and that includes the ...
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