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The space shuttle Discovery has been ruled safe to take off despite the discovery of a defect in the insulating foam on the external fuel tank. A suitcase size of foam struck the leading edge of the space shuttle Columbia, punching a hole in the protective tiles and skin causing it to burn up on re-entry. Would you take the risk as an astronaut on the shuttle? ( to watch the briefing.)
But what do you want to talk about today? What is the news where you live?
I remember waiting for legal challenges in the 2004 elections in the US. I had covered the 2000 election that didn't end until the nine justices of the Supreme Court had their say, and both parties had their lawyers on standby to contest the decision if need be in 2004.
Mexicans are waiting for the results of a cliffhanger election and . Preliminary results showed conservative candidate Felipe Calderón with a razor-thin 1% lead over leftist rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Raul Sierra in Mexico City said this on a discussion on :
Unfortunately, a very irresponsible attitude from the two main adversaries claiming victory, despite the specific request from the President of the Electoral Federal Institute (IFE) to wait for the official results, may polarize the population even more than already is. The question is, will the losing candidate accept the results without trying to force the situation?
With the results so close, will the Mexican elections go down to legal challenges?
Should Africa join the P5 in the UN?
OK, P5 is journalist speak for the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia the United Kingdom and the United States. There are 10 non-permanent members of .
Germany, India, Japan and Brazil - known as the G4 - and the African Union are among those who are lobbying for coveted permanent-member status, and the African Union has on the Security Council, probably South Africa and Nigeria.
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