Dilma Rousseff wins Brazil's presidential election | World news | The Guardian

Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel who was jailed and tortured during Brazil's military dictatorship, last night became the first woman president in her country's history Link to this video

Cargo plane bomb plot: Cobra to discuss response

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. Photograph: Yemeni Interior Ministry/Handout/EPA
The government's Cobra emergency committee is meeting today to discuss a response to the Yemen-based plot to send bombs on US cargo planes, as Yemeni authorities promise to increase airport security.

Baby dies after being snatched by monkey

A macaque monkey, like the two pictured, is believed to have been looking for food when it snatched the baby from her house. Photograph: Mark Baker/AP
A newborn baby has died in Malaysia after being snatched, badly bitten and then dropped by a wild monkey.

Adam Lambert to tone down act for Malaysia concert

Adam Lambert has pledged to obey Malaysian laws forbidding onstage kissing. Photograph: Steve Nesius/AP
American Idol star Adam Lambert has agreed to tone down his act for a Kualar Lumpur concert at the request of Malaysian authorities.

Three Ways to Profit - No Matter Who Wins Tuesday's Midterm Elections

By William Patalon III, Executive Editor, Money Morning

If you're worried that next week's midterm elections could further cloud an already-uncertain investment landscape, take a page from the investment playbook of Money Morning'

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s Keith Fitz-Gerald: Position yourself to profit no matter which party wins on Tuesday.

Will Midterm Elections Ignite a Stock Market Rally?

By Don Miller, Associate Editor, Money Morning

The Democrats and Republicans have spent a record $3.5 billion in preparation for this year's midterm elections. But regardless of the outcome - whether you're a Democrat or Republican - the good news is that the stock market traditionally has performed well during midterm election cycles.

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There was no change There will be no change Stop Complying Start Defying

In our dying democracy, those with power and the puppets they parade in election charades every two years are above the law and think nothing of breaking it. And in our raped republic, those with wealth from stealing the Sheeples’ tax money and savings by the billions have no problems paying millions in penalties for doing so. But in this wasteland of unbridled greed and moral decay, those of you with character and courage can still prevail...

Barack Obama: The oligarchs' president

The director of "Inside Job" writes about Obama's depressingly rational decision to give in to Wall Street. When I first decided to make a documentary about the financial crisis, in late 2008, my biggest question was how to handle Barack Obama. Alas, the answer rapidly became all too clear, as my film "Inside Job" shows in painful detail.

The 2010 elections, the working class and the Democratic Party

With only a few days remaining in the 2010 election campaign, one thing is certain: the Obama administration and the Democratic Party are preparing a further lurch to the right. Four years after a massive turnout at the polls to repudiate the Republican-controlled Congress and give the Democrats the majority, and two years after the election of Barack Obama to the White House by a margin of 7 million votes, the administration’s right-wing policies have shattered the popular illusions raised by Obama’s vague appeals to “hope” and “change.”

Millions march in France against pension cuts

Millions of workers and students took to the streets across France Thursday to protest final approval by the National Assembly of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s pension “reform” bill. The French economy was still crippled by gasoline shortages due to ongoing refinery and port strikes.

Bluegrass Tea: How Rand Paul, Tea Party Darling, Learned to Love Mitch McConnell and the GOP Establishment

Rand Paul came to to the GOP table as an outsider, but there's no way to win without holding hands with the ultimate insider -- the Senate minority leader. So he is.

Earnings of FTSE 100 chiefs up 55% over past year

FTSE 100 company directors saw their total earnings soar by an average of 55 per cent during the past year in a startling recovery from short-lived restraint during the recession, according to research to be published today.

Dilma Rousseff: 'I will govern for all Brazilians' - Telegraph

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with his protégé, Dilma Rousseff Photo: AP

Ms Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla and twice-divorced grandmother, had 57 per cent of the vote compared to 43 per cent for her opponent, Jose Serra, according to an exit poll from IBOPE (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics).

Somali pirates are holding over 435 sailors hostage

Each hijacked ship and its crew will bring the pirates holding it a ransom of anywhere between £1.5 and £3 million pounds Photo: AFP/GETTY

Figures gathered by the London-based International Chamber of Commerce’s Commercial Crimes Services show that while the total number of attacks has declined, the numbers of crew kidnapped and ships hijacked has not. The pirates have had more success with less effort.

Olive tree wars: Israeli settlers do battle with Palestinians over olive groves

The two communities have planted record numbers of new saplings in a bid to entrench their rival claims over one of the world?s most bitterly contested territories Photo: AFP/GETTY

Nearly 3,500 olive trees a week have been destroyed in the harvest’s first month after settlers set them alight, cut them down or poisoned them with chemicals, according to Palestinian officials. Reprisal attacks on settler produce have also been reported.