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...Chile. Although Chile has one of South America's strictest anti-abortion codes, it's estimated to have twice as many abortions each year (200,000) as Canada - a country with twice Chile's population. (Abortion is legal in Canada.) As a result, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, a socialist, late last year sanctioned the free distribution of emergency "morning-after" contraception pills at government-run hospitals. In a nation where three-fourths of the public say they oppose liberalizing the abortion law - which, like Nicaragua's, bars abortion in all circumstances, even in cases of rape or when the mother...
...Fans of Ségolène Royal dedicate slushy ballads to the Socialist Party candidate with titles such as "One Rose, One Campaign, One Woman." Sarkozy - a more polarizing figure - has inspired tributes and tirades in equal measure. Anti-Sarkozy numbers include "S.A.R.K.O." - a comprehensive diss sung to the tune of "D.I.S.C.O." - while supporters sing his praises on ditties such as "Sarko-Oh-Oh" - a track that the UMP candidate liked so much, he posted it on his official campaign site...
...Sarkozy isn't the only candidate seeking ghetto affirmation through his choice of song. Olivier Besancenot, candidate of the Revolutionary Communist League, has used this hip-hop interpretation of the classic socialist anthem "The Internationale" for most of his 2007 campaign...
...unsuccessful) bid to secure the socialist party's nomination as its presidential candidate, Dominique Strauss-Kahn released this re-make of a 2006 summer hit. In a pretty danceable chorus, the former Finance Minister lays down his socialist credentials ("to the left, to the left...
Every summer, journalists bug 87-year-old Jaroslav Ungr, former head of the socialist collective farm that once existed in the Czech village of Zajecov. When Soviet tanks rolled into what was then Czechoslovakia 39 years ago to put an end to the Prague Spring, the now white-haired man in a pink sweater and grey sweatpants was among those who welcomed the Red Army with open arms. But these days the journalists are asking not only about the Russians, but also about the Americans...