The World is Talking. Global Politics

Lee Byong-chul from Ohmynews reported on the presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak foreign policy, in particular his attitude towards North Korea and U.S.

Who is Mwalimu Nyerere?: “Before Nelson Mandela there was Julius Kambarage Nyerere.
But who is Nyerere? Many do not recognise the name.”

Nelson Mandela has a statue in London: “Attended by large crowds and graced by a gospel choir and some pomp and circumstance, a statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled today in London, at Parliament Square, alongside those of Jan Smuts, Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli and Abraham Lincoln.”

Vapano from a data company D2EX reported that many Internet Data Centers have received notices from Gong-an (Police department) which forced them to close down thousands of websites. To prevent other clients service being affected, his company has to close down all BBS data storage (zh). The police’s policy is to ensure that the 17th […]

On CNN earlier today, Idaho Statesman reporter Dan Popkey said a five month investigation into allegations that Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) was gay was put on hold last May.

Well, we finished the job essentially, we suspended the inquiry, if you will, after we interviewed the senator on May 14th, and we had decided that, based on his very firm denial of any homosexual conduct ever in his life, that a man of his credibility, of his — a man who had served Idaho for a very long time with distinction, that we weren’t going to use three anonymous sources to hang a story on.

But we were going to wait and see if there were further developments in the story, if there was new evidence. That new evidence came on Monday when Roll Call broke the story of the senator’s guilty plea.

As a result, the Statesman ran a story today about a “40-year-old professional man with close ties to Republican officials” who says he had oral sex with Craig at Washington’s Union Station, probably in 2004.

No real surprise here: A new InsiderAdvantage/Majority Opinion poll shows 53% of Florida Democrats disapprove of the Democratic National Committee’s position of not awarding delegates to presidential candidates based on the results of the January 29th Florida Democratic presidential primary while 34% approve of the move.

Voice of Bangladeshi Bloggers on the prospect for democracy in the country given the military’s maneuvers.

A new Strategic Vision (R) poll in New Jersey finds Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic presidential race with 49%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 22%, John Edwards at 8% and Gov. Bill Richardson at 5%.

On the Republican side, Rudy Giuliani leads with 51%, followed by Fred Thompson at 12%, Mitt Romney at 9%, and Sen. John McCain at 7%.

Venezuela News and Views writes about the preview to Hugo Chavez’ referendum election campaign where it will be “once more set on him, his persona, his character. Love it or leave it, literally.”

“The call for a small Iraqi troop reduction by Sen. John Warner (R-VA) strengthens the belief that he soon will announce that he is not seeking re-election next year. His probable successor is former Gov. Mark Warner (D),” according to the Evans-Novak Political Report.

“Republican Senators are now talking about losing four seats in 2008.”