Le sénateur américain Edward Kennedy hospitalisé pour un accident cérébral
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TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Le sénateur démocrate Edward Kennedy, frère du président américain assassiné John Kennedy, a été transporté d'urgence samedi à l'hôpital, victime d'un accident cérébral, a indiqué son bureau du Congrès dans un communiqué.

"Il apparaît que le sénateur Kennedy a eu un accident cérébral ce matin. Il subit actuellement une batterie d'examens au Massachusetts General Hospital afin de déterminer la cause de cet accident cérébral", indique ce communiqué.

"Le sénateur Kennedy se repose confortablement, et il est peu probable que nous en sachions plus au cours des 48 prochaines heures", ajoute le texte.

Selon son médecin, les premiers tests ont montré que le sénateur Kennedy n'avait pas subi d'attaque et n'était pas en "danger immédiat", mais qu'il devrait néanmoins se soumettre à des examens complémentaires dans les deux prochains jours pour déterminer la cause de l'accident cérébral. Le sénateur américain Edward Kennedy hospitalisé pour un accident cérébral >>> | Dimanche 18 Mai, 2008

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United Kingdom: Anti-Semitic Violence Nears Record Level
THE INDEPENDENT: The number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain has reached its second-highest level ever, MPs have been told. Figures from a charity show 547 such incidents were recorded last year, of which a record 114 were violent assaults.

The Community Security Trust (CST), which works to protect the Jewish community from persecution, collated the figures by counting every recorded anti-Semitic assault, threat, act of abuse, mass-produced literature and damage and desecration of Jewish property across the country.

Just this week, anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed across the pavements and walls of the orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Stamford Hill in north London. CST say similar incidents happen in Britain every day.

Mark Gardner, a spokesman for CST, said: "We have over twice as many incidents being reported to us per annum now than in the 1990s. We're concerned that what we're seeing is not merely because of a difficult time internationally and in the Middle East, but that it's becoming more endemic and we're really, really concerned about that."

Mr Gardner said the usual allies of British Jews fear showing support would further the Zionist cause. "In the 1990s, when Jews faced attacks from the far right there was a lot of sympathy from the liberal left establishments, but today the same voices simply see anti-Semitism as something useful to Zionists. Anti-Semitic Violence Nears Record Level >>> By Emily Dugan | May 17, 2008

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Lord Carey Makes New Iraq Hostage Plea
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BBC: Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has made a direct appeal for the freedom of five British hostages who were abducted in Iraq last year.

In a video, released through the Times newspaper, he addressed the kidnappers as "honourable men" and "men of faith".

The four guards and a computer expert were seized from Baghdad's finance ministry by gunmen on 29 May.

Whitehall sources told the BBC Lord Carey did not speak for the government and it preferred discreet negotiation.

The former Archbishop, speaking in English and Arabic, recorded his appeal on Friday at the House of Lords, accompanied by Canon Andrew White, his former Middle East envoy and now Anglican chaplain to Iraq, the Times said.

"I greet you as honourable men. I greet you as men of faith. I believe, as you do, that faith is important in this broken world," Lord Carey said.

"I appeal to you, as good people, to release these men who long to be back home once more." Carey Makes New Iraq Hostage Plea >>> | May May 16, 2008

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Bush Hails Israel's "Chosen People" as Arabs Lament
REUTERS: JERUSALEM - President George W. Bush told Israelis on Thursday they were a "chosen people" who can forever count on American support against enemies like Hamas and Iran.

On a day when Palestinians remembered homes and land lost as Israel was created in 1948, Bush made only fleeting reference to their aspirations for a state of their own in a speech marking Israel's 60th anniversary that was laced with references to God.

Basking in ovations on the second day of a farewell visit to a country where his presidency is hailed as a golden age, Bush again said little of the talks he has sponsored in recent months between Israel and the Palestinians, which he hopes can bring a deal on a Palestinian state before he leaves office in January.

Speaking of the "promise of God" for a "homeland for the chosen people" in Israel, Bush told the Israeli parliament after a visit to the Roman-era Jewish fortress at Masada: "Masada shall never fall again, and America will always stand with you."

He predicted the defeat of Islamist enemies Hamas, Hezbollah and al Qaeda in a "battle of good and evil".

Letting Iran have nuclear weapons would be an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations", he said. By comparing talking with such foes to appeasement of Hitler, he sparked a debate at home among those campaigning to succeed him as president.

Bush described the "bonds of the Book" -- faith in the Bible shared by Christians like himself and Jews -- as bolstering an "unbreakable" alliance between Israel and the United States. Bush Hails Israel's "Chosen People" as Arabs Lament >>> By Matt Spetalnick and Tabassum Zakaria | May 15, 2008

THE INDEPENDENT:
Bush: God told me to invade Iraq >>> By Rupert Cornwell | October 7, 2005

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Our ‘Friends’ in the Gulf, the Saudis, Resist Pressure from Bush to Raise Oil Production
Bush, you should tell the Saudis: Raise oil production, or else! Then walk away. - ©Mark

BBC: Saudi Arabia has rejected an appeal by US President George W Bush to raise oil production, a US official has said.

Saudi officials said they were already meeting demand, and had increased production by 300,000 barrels per day earlier this month.

The news came after talks in Riyadh between Mr Bush and King Abdullah.

The US wants an increase in production to help curb record prices, currently $127 a barrel, but Saudi officials blame speculation not supply shortages.

"Supply and demand are in balance today... The fundamentals are sound," said Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi.

"How much more can we do?" Saudis 'Resist Bush Oil Pressure' >>> | May 16, 2008

THE GUARDIAN:
Bush Rebuffed by Saudis >>> By Haroon Siddique and agencies | May 16, 2008

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Armee soll in Italien gegen illegale Einwanderer vorgehen
NZZ Online: Die neue italienische Regierung will ihren angekündigten harten Kurs gegen illegale Einwanderer in die Tat umsetzten. Der neue Verteidigungsminister Ignazio La Russa kündigte den Einsatz von gemischten Patrouillen aus Armee und Polizei an.

(sda/apa) Die Patrouillen sollen die Kriminalität in den Städten bekämpfen und die Sicherheit garantieren. Zudem sollen die Bürgermeister mehr Befugnisse in der öffentlichen Sicherheit erhalten.

Visa sollen streng überprüft werden

Im Kampf gegen die illegale Immigration plant die italienische Regierung scharfe Massnahmen. Die Anträge von Nicht-EU-Bürgern für ein Visum für einen touristischen Aufenthalt in Italien von über drei Monaten sollen streng überprüft werden. Armee soll in Italien gegen illegale Einwanderer vorgehen: Vorschlag des Verteidigungsministers La Russa >>>

LE MONDE:
En Italie, un climat de chasse à l'étranger >>> | Vendredi 16 mai 2008

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Anti-Semitism, Islam & the Growing Problem in Europe
SPIEGELONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Though most Muslims reject Islamism and its propaganda, anti-Semitic messages from satellite channels like the Hamas-run Al-Aqsa are helping to bring a message of hate and intolerance to Europe. The effects of such hate preaching can already be felt in Germany.

"Sanabel, what do you want to do to help the Al-Aqsa Mosque?" Farfur asks on the children's program of Hamas's Al-Aqsa television station. "We want to fight." "And what else?" "Wipe out the Jews." Now Farfur, the cartoon character on Hamas's children's television program, is satisfied. Farfur is a carbon copy of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse, but the Hamas version does something that Mickey would never do: He entertains children while propagating the murder of Jews.

International protests forced Hamas to take its Disney clone out of circulation. Al-Aqsa complied, but promptly turned Farfur's departure into an anti-Semitic statement: Farfur was clubbed to death by an Israeli official. Then the girl hosting the program turned to the camera and said: "You've seen how the Jews killed Farfur as a martyr. What do you want to say to the Jews?" A three-year-old girl named Shaima called into the show to say: "We don't like Jews, because they are dogs! We will fight them!" "Oh, Shaima, you're right," the girl in the studio replied, "the Jews are criminals and our enemies."

Farfur's appearances are typical of Hamas's anti-Semitic propaganda, which the organization also exports to Germany via satellite, hoping to breed new generations of fanatical anti-Semites and suicide bombers.

The Hamas station, founded in 2006, is modeled on the Hezbollah station in neighboring Lebanon, al-Manar. Al-Manar's children's program shows children wearing explosive belts and images of dying Israeli soldiers, with triumphant chants as background music. Cartoons depict scenes like that of a child blowing himself up near Israeli soldiers, or of a smiling boy flying toward Israel on a missile. Adult viewers can enjoy video clips that use inspirational graphics and rousing music to glorify the act of committing a suicide bombing, while the evening lineup offers family entertainment with a series of films based on the classic anti-Semitic forgery "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

In late 2004, France banned the broadcasting of al-Manar through the European Eutelsat satellite system, citing the station's anti-Semitic content. Nevertheless, messages of hate were still being broadcast into the living rooms of Muslims in Germany via satellites controlled by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, ArabSat and NileSat. Exposure to this programming was apparently not without consequences.

Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch was wearing a traditional black robe when he left his synagogue in Frankfurt's Westend neighborhood on Sept. 7, 2007. It was the Sabbath. According to the police report, he encountered a 22-year-old German of Afghan descent "spontaneously and coincidentally" a short time later. It was early evening and the man, shouting "You shit Jew, I'm going to kill you," plunged a knife into the rabbi's abdomen. Gurevitch was recognizable as a Jew. He survived, thanks to luck and emergency surgery. Anti-Semitic Hate Speech in the Name of Islam >>> By Matthias Küntzel | May 16, 2008

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Osama bin Laden’s Message of Hate for Israel
TIMESONLINE: Osama bin Laden added his voice to the birthday messages accompanying Israel's 60th anniversary, vowing to fight on in the name of the Palestinian cause which he said was of primary concern to all Muslims.

As President Bush left Israel's anniversary celebrations with effusive pledges of US support for the Jewish state, the al-Qaeda leader chipped in with own analysis of the intractable conflict, saying it was one of the principle reasons he had turned to jihad as a young man.

“To Western nations ... this speech is to understand the core reason of the war between our civilisation and your civilisations. I mean the Palestinian cause,” said Bin Laden in a message that lasted almost ten minutes. “The Palestinian cause is the major issue for my nation. It was an important element in fuelling me from the beginning and the 19 others with a great motive to fight for those subjected to injustice and the oppressed,” he said, referring to the terrorists who hijacked four passenger aircraft in September 2001 to attack Washington and New York.

“Sixty years ago, the Israeli state didn't exist. Instead, it was established on the land of Palestine raped by force,” Bin Laden said. “Israelis are occupying invaders whom we should fight.” He is thought to be hiding out in tribal lands on the Pakistan-Afghan border. Osama bin Laden’s Message of Hate for Israel >>> By James Hider in Jerusalem | May 16, 2008

BBC:
’Bin Laden’ Call Targets Israel >>> | May 16, 2008

LE FIGARO:
Al-Qaida multiplie les menaces contre Israël >>> Par Laurent Suply | 16/05/2008

LE MONDE:
Un message audio de Ben Laden appelle au djihad "pour libérer la Palestine" >>> | Vendredi 16 mai 2008

CORRIERA DELLA SERA:
Bin Laden: «Jihad contro Israele 
per la liberazione della Palestina»: Messaggio audio del leader di Al Qaeda per il 60° anniversario della fondazione dello Stato ebraico >>> | VENERDÌ 16 maggio 2008

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”Let Them Eat Sand”
As I have been saying all along, the Saudis need us every bit as much as we need their oil. It’s high time to remind them of this fact. Remember this: Arabs respect strong people, not wimps. By behaving in a weak manner with Arabs, you get nowhere. They’ll walk all over you. Our political leaders do just that: Behave in a weak manner, and fawn. Quit it!- ©Mark

THE SHREWD ECONOMIST:
”Let Them Eat Sand” >>>

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Miliband in Turkey STRONGLY Supporting Turkey’s Bid to Join the Union
Allowing Turkey to accede to the European Union will change the nature of Europe forever. If we value our Judeo-Christian heritage, we will NOT allow Turkey into the Union under any circumstances.

For some inexplicable reason, the British government and the Foreign Office are determined to support Turkey’s bid to join, regardless of public opinion, and regardless of the fact that many, many people are against such a destructive move.

In my view, Turkey should not be admiited into Europe, but at very least, we should never allow Turkey to join without first consulting with the people in the form of a referendum. Allowing Turkey in will change Europe’s destiny forever: It will Islamize the whole continent, and in a very short time. It will be life-changing for us all.

It is therefore wrong for politicians, who are, after all, only elected for relatively short periods of time, to make decisions on behalf of the people which will force us all to accept drastic and permanent changes long after those politicians will be out of office. - ©Mark

TODAY’S ZAMAN: While reaffirming London's support of Turkey's bid to join the European Union, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday expressed once again his government's concern over an ongoing closure case against Turkey's ruling party.

Miliband's strongly worded statements came at a joint press conference here following a meeting with Turkish counterpart Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. Miliband is part of the delegation accompanying Queen Elizabeth II, who is on a landmark visit to the EU candidate country 37 years after her previous visit.

"We adhere to the very strong principle that governments are chosen by the people and not chosen by lawyers," Miliband said in response to a question, while also underlining that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) was re-elected last year.

Even as he praised reforms the Turkish government had carried out in its bid to join the EU, Miliband refused to speculate on what might happen to Turkey-EU relations if the AK Party was indeed closed down.

Late in March, Turkey's Constitutional Court decided to hear a closure case opened against the ruling party on charges of its having become a "focal point for anti-secular activities," leading the EU candidate country to an ongoing political crisis.

Miliband was the first foreign minister to visit Turkey in September of last year after the conclusion of a lengthy election process there. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan formed his new Cabinet after a sweeping victory in the July 22 elections, and former Foreign Minister and current President Abdullah Gül was then elected president. Miliband also said yesterday that proposals that fell short of full membership for Turkey were not an alternative.

"We want to be allies of Turkey inside the European Union and not just proponents of a better dialogue between the European Union and Turkey," he said, in apparent reference to the French and Austrian governments' reluctance to back full membership for Turkey.

Britain has been a vocal supporter of eventual Turkish EU membership, with Miliband describing the queen's visit as "a symbol of the deepening relationship" between the two countries. Miliband: People Choose Government, Not Lawyers >>> May 15, 2008

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Obama Clashes with Bush in Nazi Appeasement Row
TIMESONLINE: Barack Obama today accused President Bush of launching a “false political attack” after he appeared to compare the Democratic presidential hopeful’s foreign policy to appeasement of the Nazis.

Mr Bush triggered a row when he implied during a speech in the Israeli Parliament that Mr Obama’s willingness to talk to radical regimes was a dangerous “delusion”.

Although he did not refer to Mr Obama by name, the Illinois senator condemned the President for using Israel’s 60th birthday to attack Democratic contenders for the White House.

“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Mr Bush said.

“We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.'

“We have an obligation to call this what it is - the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

Mr Obama has said that as president he would personally negotiate with Iran and offer economic incentives and a chance for peaceful relations if Iranian leaders would forgo their pursuit of nuclear weapons and their support of terrorists. Obama Clashes with Bush in Nazi Appeasement Row >>> By Hannah Strange | May 5, 2008

BBC:
Obama Apologizes for ‘Sweetie’ Comment >>> | May 15, 2008

NZZ Online:
Bushs Vision für einen friedlichen Mittleren Osten: US-Präsident bekräftigt vor der Knesset Unterstützung für Israel >>> | 15. Mai 2008

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD:
Bush Likens Obama to Nazi Appeaser >>> By Sheryl Gay Stolberg in Jerusalem | May 17, 2008

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A Seemingly Less Than Happy Monarch: A Visit to a 15th Century Turkish Mosque
Photo of the Queen in Bursa, Turkey, visiting a mosque. The Islamic headscarf is most unbecoming for the Queen. She should stick to her pretty hats. Photo courtesy of the Daily Mail
One has to ask why the British government and Foreign Office have to subject Her Majesty to this indignity. On this trip, the Queen has had to sit through quranic recitations, the lot. Do we make members of the Turkish government sit through a Christian service in St Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey when they come on a state visit to Britain? I think we all know the answer to that! - ©Mark

Watch video: The Queen Visits 15th Century Turkish Mosque >>>
BBC:
In Pictures: The Queen’s Visit to Turkey >>>

BBC:
The Queen as Puppet to the Foreign Office! The Foreign Office Wants Turkey in Europe; but the People Don’t! Where Do We Go from Here? >>>

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Respect for Women Islamic Style

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60th Anniversary Celebrations Won’t Save Israel from Annihilation, Says Ahmadinejad
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YNET NEWS: Iranian president says anniversary celebrations won't save Jewish state from 'annihilation' by Middle Eastern nations

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its ''annihilation.''

His remarks coincided with the arrival of US President George W. Bush in the Middle East to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday and try to revitalize peace efforts.

''The Zionist (Israeli) regime is dying,'' said Ahmadinejad during a speech in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan. ''The criminals assume that by holding celebrations ... they can save the sinister Zionist regime from death and annihilation.''

The hardline Iranian president used an Arabic word, ismihlal, that can also be translated as destruction, death and collapse.

"They should know that regional nations hate this fake and criminal regime and if the smallest and briefest chance is given to regional nations they will destroy (it)," said Ahmadinejad, who often rails against Israel and the United States.

Iran doesn't recognize Israel, and Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called for Israel's destruction. The threatening exchanges between Iran and Israel have intensified since 2005, when Ahmadinejad said in a speech that Israel will one day be ''wiped off the map.'' The Iranian leader has also alleged that the Holocaust was a ''myth.'' Ahmadinejad: Israel Is ‘Dying’ >>> | May 14, 2008

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Hillary Clinton’s Victory Speech in Charleston, West Virginia

THE TELEGRAPH:
Barack Obama Loses to Hillary Clinton in West Virginia Democratic Primary >>> By Alex Spillius in Charleston, West Virginia | May 14, 2008

DAILY MAIL:
Hillary Clinton Will 'Fight Until the Bitter End' After Landslide Win in West Virginia >>> By David Gardner | May 14, 2008

THE INDEPENDENT:
White Voters Shun Obama as Clinton Wins West Virginia >>> By Leonard Doyle in Washington | May 14, 2008

DIE PRESSE:
US-Vorwahlen: Clinton "entschlossener denn je": Hillary Clinton siegt bei den Vorwahlen in West Virginia deutlich. An einen vorzeitigen Ausstieg aus dem Rennen um die Präsidentschaft denkt sie nicht >>> | 14. Mai 2008

LE FIGARO:
Victoire symbolique
de Clinton en Virginie: Hillary Clinton se dit «plus déterminée que jamais» à poursuivre la course après son résultat dans la primaire en Virginie. Mais elle reste loin derrière Obama >>> | 14. 05. 2008

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE:
Hillary Clinton revigorée par sa victoire en Virginie-Occidentale: La prétendante à la Maison Blanche Hillary Clinton a promis mardi à ses partisans en liesse que la course à l'investiture n'était pas terminée après sa large victoire dans la primaire démocrate de Virginie-Occidentale (est) >>> 14 Mai 2008

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State Visit Sends Message to Turkey. State Visit Also Sends Message to the Rest of the World. Message: How Stupid and Undemocratic the Foreign Office Is!
Photo of the Queen on a state visit to Turkey courtesy of the BBC
BBC: It's a well-established fact that Queen Elizabeth doesn't do politics or diplomacy. Except, of course, that she does, most especially when she is on a state visit to a foreign country.

All such visits are chosen and controlled by the British Foreign Office. Their unashamed purpose is to further what British diplomats perceive to be Britain's interests abroad.

And there are few more potent message-bearers in the British diplomatic arsenal than its veteran head of state, widely recognised - by virtue of her 56 years on the throne - as the Western world's senior statesperson.

In coming to Turkey, the Queen is - at the behest of the Foreign Office - sending a very clear message in support of Turkey's aspiration to join the European Union and, by implication, to be Westward-facing.

But the underlying message of this state visit is both more subtle and more important than that.

Embracing democracy

It is a diplomatic cliche that Turkey stands at the crossroads between Europe and Asia - a country of 72 million people whose strategic significance is hard to overstate but which is sometimes overlooked.

So far as the West is concerned, Turkey can be said to be the most successful example of a Muslim country which has embraced democracy.

Potentially, as one Western diplomat put it, the country is an example to the rest of the Muslim world of how democracy can work. State Visit Sends Message to Turkey >>> By Nicholas Witchell, Royal correspondent, BBC News | May 13, 2008

My Essay on Islam and democracy:
Islam: The Enemy of Democracy and Freedom >>>

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Geert Wilders Wants Merger with Flanders
The Hague - Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders wants the Netherlands and Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of neighbouring Belgium, to merge. The Freedom Party leader says that Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende should approach his Belgian counterpart Yves Leterme about the idea.

Mr Wilders believes that Flanders has more in common with the Netherlands than with the Walloon provinces, and says that the Belgian Flemish-speakers are completely fed up with their French-speaking compatriots. The Netherlands would also benefit economically from a merger with Flanders on account of the port of Antwerp and Brussels' Zaventem international airport. The Freedom party leader also praised Belgium's educational system and lower tax rates. [Source: Dutch Freedom Party Wants Merger with Flanders] | May 12, 2008

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George Bush Interviewed by the BBC Arabic Service
Watch BBC video: President George W Bush has said Hezbollah has acted against its own people in Lebanon and was a ''destabilising force.'' In an interview with the BBC Arabic Service, Mr Bush also outlined the US vision for a Palestinian state.
MEMRI: Islamist Forum Member: Bush to Be Targeted During Visit to Saudi Arabia >>> | May 13, 2008

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West Virginia Voters Go to Polls
Watch BBC video: Voters in West Virginia's Democratic primary make their choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
BBC: West Virginia voters are heading to the polls in their state's primary election to pick the Democratic Party's nominee for the US presidential ballot.

Sen Hillary Clinton went into the primary with a big lead in the opinion polls over rival Sen Barack Obama. West Virginia Voters Go to Polls >>>

THE TELEGRAPH:
US elections: Hillary Clinton Heading for Landslide Win in West Virginia >>> By Alex Spillius in Charleston, West Virginia and agencies | May 13, 2008

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Islamic Economics: اقتساد الاسلامي
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