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Upending predictions that Sri Lanka's first election since the end of its civil war would be a close fight, President Mahinda Rajapaksa easily beat his challenger, retired army commander General Sarath Fonseka, a former ally in the military victory over the separatist Tamil Tigers. The results of the largely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

* | What They're Wearing in South Africa: The African National Congress might want to stick to politics. In a bid to foster unity, South Africa's ruling party has introduced 19 leather jackets in black, green and gold, its official colors. But while President Jacob Zuma sported a similar look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

Whatever the reason that prompted Jenny Sanford to write Staying True - and it remains a mystery, since she needs neither the money nor the publicity and she has said she would never run for office - the writing was not done in the heat of anger. She comes off as tough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jenny Sanford Dishes with Dignity in Staying True | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Davis, a rare blow-dried Republican in liberal Los Angeles, has played this card before. He first made his mark on the national scene by producing a 10-minute movie for 2002 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Sonny Purdue that depicted the sitting governor, Roy Barnes, as "King Roy," a giant rat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The GOP Mastermind of Carly Fiorina's Demon-Sheep Ad | 2/5/2010 | See Source »

Zuma's reputation was restored considerably after his election, when he reversed years of denial of the AIDS epidemic by his predecessor Thabo Mbeki - Mbeki even disputed that HIV caused AIDS - and set targets of a 50% cut in new HIV infections and 80% coverage of antiretroviral drugs in South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Africa, a Scandal Over All the President's Children | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

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