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Susan B. Anthony: 5 Facts About the Legendary Women's Rights Pioneer
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsOn this day in 1820, Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, Mass. The daughter of a Quaker abolitionist, Anthony went on to become a powerful voice for women's rights, a leader in the fight for women's suffrage and an activist in the anti-slavery and temperence movements. Surge Desk has five facts in honor of Anthony's 191st birthday. 1. She began her activism in the temperence movement After fifteen years as a schoolteacher, Anthony immersed herself in the temperence movement. In the late 1840s, after her family had settled in Rochester, she became involved with the Daughters of ...
'South Sudan' Could Be Latest Change to Map of Africa
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsWith initial results showing that nearly 99 percent of southern Sudanese have voted to secede from their country's Arab north, officials readying for the birth of their new nation have a dilemma on their hands: What to call it? A steering committee of southern officials -- many of them from former rebel groups vying for power in a new era of independence -- has been formed to juggle all the issues associated with forming a new country, including choosing a name, flag and national anthem. One of those officials, information minister Benjamin Marial, told The New York Times that more than a ...
Pelosi Gets Thumbs Down From 19 Fellow Democrats
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- It was no surprise that Ohio Rep. John Boehner would be elected speaker of the House in the new Republican-controlled chamber today. What was surprising was that the old speaker, Nancy Pelosi, was not the choice of 19 of her fellow Democrats. In the end, Pelosi was elected leader of the House Democrats. But in what could be called the last bark of the much-diminished Blue Dog coalition, 11 Democrats voted for North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler. The conservative former football star had run for re-election on a vow not to vote for the San Francisco liberal for speaker and had made ...
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 ...
Democrats and Republicans: Quit That Cryin' or I'll Give You Somethin' to Cry About
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Opposition Cries Foul as Egyptian Elections Near
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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 ...
Certification of Alaska Senate Winner On Hold
By not in system - AOL NewsSen. Lisa Murkowski's election victory in Alaska is on hold pending a lawsuit by Joe Miller's campaign challenging the vote count. ...
Murkowski Certification On Hold as Miller Considers Lawsuit
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySen. Lisa Murkowski's election victory in Alaska is on hold pending a lawsuit by Joe Miller's campaign challenging the vote count. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline said Friday that he would order election officials to wait to certify the results if Miller files his legal challenge in state court by Monday, The Associated Press reported. Earlier Friday, Miller sought a preliminary injunction from Beistline's federal court, complaining that the hand-counting of write-in votes happened too fast and didn't allow his campaign time to mount challenges. "My campaign team and I were forced to ...
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