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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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leftist stories: 5 news summaries

 Beck's Ratings Surge 
 as Ad Boycott Continues 

Six more firms to refuse to run ads on host's show

Aug 27, 09 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The audience for Glenn Beck’s Fox News show continues to swell even as more advertisers decline to run commercials on the program in the wake of the talk-show host's assertion that President Obama is a racist, the Los Angeles Times reports. Beck’s Monday night show attracted 2.81... More »

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Republican • advertising • conservative • radicals • Fox News • Glenn Beck • boycott • conservative base • leftist

Ecuador's Lefty President Nabs Landslide Win

Correa is country's
first incumbent to be reelected in 37 years

Apr 27, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voters reelected Rafael Correa as president of Ecuador yesterday, making the US-educated leftist the first incumbent to win reelection since 1972. "We have made history," said Correa at his victory rally. After his three predecessors were all thrown out of office amid anti-government protests, Correa has brought a... More »

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Latin America • Ecuador • election • Rafael Correa • leftist

Iceland PM Wins Mandate in Crisis Election

Leftist coalition seeks EU membership after economy's collapse

Apr 26, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iceland's interim center-left government, which came to power in February after the spectacular collapse of the nation's economy, has won a resounding victory in a snap election, reports the Times of London. The "great, historic victory" was an endorsement of her plans to have Iceland "start thinking about... More »

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European Union • Iceland • Scandinavia • election • financial crisis • leftist • Johanna Sigurdardottir

Ex-Guerrillas Win El Salvador Presidency

Left takes power for
first time since
12-year civil war

Mar 16, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - A leftist television journalist has won El Salvador's presidential election, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the bloody civil war and ending 2 decades of conservative rule. Mauricio Funes, a moderate plucked from outside the ranks of the rebel-group-turned-political-party FMLN, became the latest... More »

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Latin America • El Salvador • election • leftist • Mauricio Funes

(Newser) - Seven French politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy, have received death threats accompanied by live ammunition, the Independent reports. The letters, which included 9mm rounds, were signed by an unknown group called Solidarity Earth. Though the name perhaps suggests an environmental group, and anti-terrorism officials are investigating, those in the know... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • death threats • radical • Michele Alliot Marie • eco-terrorism • ammunition • Rachida Dati • leftist

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