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		<title>U.S. Elections in Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Free and fair elections are the keystone of any democracy. They are essential for the peaceful transfer of power.
When voters elect representatives, they elect the leaders who will shape the future of their society. This is why elections empower ordinary citizens: They allow them to influence the future policies of their government, and thus, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of Political Parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Founders of the American Republic drafted and ratified the U.S. Constitution, they did not envision a role for political parties. Indeed, they sought through various constitutional arrangements — such as separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches; federalism; and indirect election of the president by an Electoral College (see below) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rules within parties for nominating presidential candidates are not spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. As noted, there were no political parties in existence at the time the Constitution was drafted and ratified in the late 1700s, and the founders of the republic had no interest in proscribing procedures for such entities.
Beginning in 1796, members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elections for the U.S. Congress can be as competitive and important as those for president. This is because of the central role that Congress plays in making laws.
Unlike a parliamentary system where the chief executive comes from the parliament, the American system, as noted, separates the legislature and the presidency. Presidents and legislators are elected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polls and Pundits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though not part of the rules and laws governing electoral politics, public opinion polls have become an essential part of the electoral process in recent decades. Many political candidates hire pollsters and take frequent polls. Polling informs political candidates of how well they are being perceived in relation to their competitors, and what issues are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing Campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal law dictates how candidates for the federal offices of president, senator and representative — and certain of their political allies — may raise funds, as well as from whom and in what amounts. Federal campaign finance laws are separate from state laws that regulate elections for state and local offices.
In the American system, presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Election Procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of administrators are responsible for organizing and conducting U.S. elections, including tabulating and certifying the results. These officials have an important and complex set of tasks — setting the exact dates for elections, certifying the eligibility of candidates, registering eligible voters and preparing voter rolls, selecting voting equipment, designing ballots, organizing a large temporary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Healthy Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few issues matter more to people around the world than health. Good health increases a person’s chances of getting an education, earning a living, starting a family and leading a long and fulfilling life. Improvements in public health make communities more robust, advances in development more sustainable and economic growth more rapid.
Disease knows no border; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Wellness Is in Vogue in Tashkent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
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When the Women’s Wellness Center opened its doors as a private, nonprofit outpatient clinic in Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, in 2000, there were questions about demand for its services. Alisher Ishanov, who works on health care issues for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Tashkent, said he wondered who would go the Wellness Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Russia with Heart (Skills)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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The temperature in Kemerovo, the Siberian city that is the administrative center of the Kemerovo Region in Russia, dropped to 30 degrees below zero Celsius, but the Kemerovo Center of Cardiology remained busy.
An international medical team worked in the cardiac center for two weeks in February 2010 to save the lives of young patients suffering [...]]]></description>
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