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The former President of Iran, Hashemi Rafsanjani, was elected as the head of a powerful clerical body, which approves Iran's supreme leader. Rafsanjani is said to be more moderate, than the current Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This election shows clear tendencies for a moderate movement in the Islamic establishment of Iran, experts say.

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In an interview with BBC Radio 4's British Prime Minister Gordon Brown emphasized that there is no need for early elections. Brown is the successor of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who resigned from his position as a Labour Party leader and his Premiership one year ago.

Read more about it on BBC News online and the International Herald Tribune.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated the campaigning season for elections of a new parliament and a new head of state in March 2008. Monitoring groups and critics expect the elections to be less democratic and transparent than ever, due to restraints for oppositional parties to start campaigns. In order to do that, these parties have to be approved by a central elections commission.

Read more about this on AFP, in Kommersant and in the Herald Sun.

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One Year after his controversial election, the Mexican President Felipe Calderon reminded the split National Congress to act on behalf of the land's contemporary problems to prepare Mexico for the future. Read more about it on People's Daily Online.

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Today 1.3 million Jamaicans are eligible to vote and participate in what is expected to be a tight election. Read more about it on BBC News online

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While Russia is strongly opposed to a UN plan of giving the Serbian province Kosovo independence, the UN administration that governs the Kosovo since 1999 agreed on a preliminary election date for the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo.

Read more about the situation in two articles on BBC News online Kosovo's election date and Russia's point of view.

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After a couple of political summits and meetings along with several documentary films brought the current environmental issues back on the public agenda, the Pope contributes to this renewed movement, celebrating the 'Save Creation Day'. The Pope said, that it needs not only joint efforts but a unconditioned will to save and take care of the environment. Read more about it on BBC News online.

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The increasing velocity of climate change is just as a alarming as the actual data of the increasing temperatures, the observations on climate change and the increasing production of greenhouse gases. The former are topics that most environmental research and programs focus on, but newer studies suggest, that the timeframe, in which those developments are situated, is also a very important factor to look at.

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After warnings of the current President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah to impose a state of emergency, the two candidates and the outgoing president met for talks on the weekend. After the ongoing campaigning was escorted by roits, violent attacks and clashes the current president wants to calm down the escalation of violence in order to secure 'politics, not war.'. Read more about the situation in Mail and Guardian and on BBC News online.

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Who would you vote for as the president of the world?
Who would you vote for as the president of the world? Alice Cooper! Because he wants to elected, or Mick Jagger. I wouldn’t vote for anybody because people should have the power.