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Wow, that was a bit unexpected. I assume she's doing this to distance herself from the National Front as a whole. She seems to realize that there is no chance of the National Front even coming close to securing a majority in the Assemblée Nationale. And perhaps because of Macron's appeal to...

State Department Posts on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Raises Ethics Concern by Tracy Connor A glowing description of President Donald Trump's Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago — calling it the "winter White House" — has been posted on two State Department websites, drawing criticism from ethics watchdogs...

Final Results: Fillon won only five departments. Personally, I thought he would win more. Still, Fillon did pretty well (given the scandal), finishing with about 20% of the vote overall. Lol, Le Pen finished 5th among French voters living abroad. I assume @Taygibay was one of those who...

It seems more of Fillon's supporters are going to vote for Macron than Le Pen. It's interesting to see Le Pen and Mélenchon finishing first and second, respectively, in Southern France and along the Belgian border. These areas have high concentrations of working-class voters, I'm guessing...

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Conservative candidate François Fillon has conceded defeat and called on his supporters to back Emmanuel Macron in the second round: "Despite all my efforts, my determination, I have not succedded in convincing my fellow countrymen and women. The obstacles in my path were too numerous and too...

"The euro has hit a five month high, as the early polling figures from France reassure the financial markets, writes Graeme Wearden: The single currency jumped almost 2% when trading began in Asia, surging over $1.091. It also rallied 1.5% against the British pound to around 85p. Investors...

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But Italy is perfectly clean, I suppose? We have dirty areas here in the US as well. You don't? A lot of countries have terrorist problems. But as a whole, Europe has thankfully suffered far less from terrorist attacks than Muslims countries. The world has to address the root political and...

France has one of the highest birth rates in Europe, a stable economy, and is one of the most important countries in Europe along with Germany. It's economic, demographic, and political situation are far better than Italy. France is no "hell hole". It's doing fine, and proved that yet again...

No, Macron finishing first showed that France is alive and well.

Ya, me too. His rise in the polls was real. It will be interesting to see if he does finish ahead of Fillon (though I'm still a bit skeptical). Interestingly, I do think he took away some votes from Le Pen. You can see her support in the polls dip below Macron's as Mélenchon's rises (and Hamon's...

I certainly hope so. I think he was the strongest candidate to go up against her. And yes, polls seem to be very accurate.

Sigh...

If Bangladesh is growing at a healthy rate, good for it. Let's stay focused on Pakistan. As for comparisons, Bangladesh is behind in many categories, but also ahead in some. In any case, Bangladesh isn't going to surpass Pakistan in per capita GDP (PPP) and poverty levels anytime soon. Not to...

My goodness. It's sad that people like this get nominated by some people and hold public office.

Good to hear that his life was saved by the imam. Even though the imam didn't want the man to be beaten, the people wanted to lynch him for "blasphemy". The problem is not just molvis, but the people themselves who believe that "blasphemy" deserves death. The law must be changed and the people...

The US as a whole is richer than any other country. However, wealth and income inequality are serious problems in America. Much more so than anytime since the Great Depression. What we should be comparing are living standards between the average person in each country, wages, poverty, and...

@waz @Jungibaaz @mike2000 is back