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...Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Mass. Senator John F. Kerry—to campus to honor Kennedy for his lifetime commitment to public service. Kennedy's niece, Caroline, who has said she would like to join her uncle in the senate by taking Hillary Rodham Clinton's New York seat, was also in attendance...
Indeed, given the twists of the Blagojevich saga, the political winds could change and Burris might actually get the seat. The Senate caucus statement made clear that the Senators had no quarrel with Burris: "We respect his years of public service." If he finds his way to the Senate, Burris can surely carve another accomplishment into his mausoleum...
...presidency will be a stark contrast to the French one, which boldly tackled big issues like the Russia-Georgia conflict, the economic crisis and the E.U.'s emissions-cutting policies. "We have just had a very active French presidency, and with Sarkozy, a showman in the driving seat," Martens says. "The Czech government will aim to drive the team forward, but Klaus won't take a low profile. He won't be able to resist temptation to be provocative and do symbolic things that annoy...
...results were overwhelming. The Awami League, led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, won a staggering 230 of parliament's 299 seats. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party - led by another former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, who has often faced off against Sheikh Hasin over the years - was reduced to 27. With its allies, the Awami League will have a commanding 262-seat majority...
...rights groups say the proposed law creating it is so full of holes as to render the tribunal useless. "The real perpetrators and the real financiers will actually go scot-free," says Ruth Oniang'o, who runs a rural outreach program and lost in her bid for a parliamentary seat in 2007. "This is the Kenya I know and the Kenya I understand. Money and power talk, and those who don't have either continue to be victims...