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Recap: "Campaign 2012 in Ads, Anecdotes and Media Perspectives"

Watch "Campaign 2012 in Ads, Anecdotes and Media Perspectives."
Watch "The 2012 Campaign." The International Leaders’ Forum started today with a wide-ranging discussion on “The 2012 Campaign: The Role of Primaries, Nominating Conventions and Presidential Debates.”
NDI Chairman Madeleine Albright welcomed more than 300 international visitors, guests from the diplomatic corps, members of Congress and other friends of the International Leaders Forum at its opening reception last night. “One of my favorite events,” she said “is hosting our international friends for this great political activity: a convention.” She was joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Party Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and other high profile leaders greeted the assembled guests.
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The Daily Star | Link to story  » This coming September, 30,000 Moroccan youths, aged 16 to 30, will participate in a nationwide discussion on the development of a new youth council.
Associated Press | Link to story» Chris Fomunyoh, the senior director for Africa for the Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, said that Ghana's democracy could weather the death of a president
Yemen News Agency | Link to story» President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi met here on Monday with the newly-appointed Director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Yemen Nora Nicolas. They reviewed the activities being presented by the institute in the areas of technical experiences related to the democratic approach. Link to story» Read more like this:
Bikya Masr | Link to story» This September, 30,000 Moroccan youth aged 16 to 30 will participate in a nationwide discussion on the development of a new youth council.
The National | Link to story  » Although this was the first poll since the late Muammar Qaddafi began his autocratic rule 43 years ago, and Libyan politicians and people stress that politics is a new phenomenon to them, observers say that political negotiations are going ahead.
Civil.ge | Link to story» Those who believe that Mikheil Saakashvili should not become PM after his presidential term expires have only a slight edge over those who have opposite view with substantial number of respondents undecided, according to a new public opinion survey released on July 10.