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Politics is the process and method of gaining or maintaining support for public or common action: the conduct of decision-making for groups. This notion predates human society. Although it is usually applied to governments, political behavior is also observed in corporate, academic, religious, and other institutions. Political science is the field devoted to studying political behavior and examining the acquisition and application of power, or the ability to impose one's will on another. Its practitioners are known as political scientists. Political scientists look at elections, public opinion, institutional activities (how legislatures act, the relative importance of various sources of political power), the ideologies behind various politicians and interest groups, how politicians achieve and wield their influence, and so on.

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President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. Etymologically, a "president" is one who presides, who sits in leadership (from Latin prae- "before" + sedere "to sit"; giving the term praeses). Originally, the term referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e. chairman); but today it most commonly refers to an official with executive powers.

Among other things, president today is a common title for the head of state of most republics, whether popularly elected, chosen by the legislature or a special electoral college. It is also often adopted by dictators.

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Thomas Gerard ("Tom") Tancredo (born December 20, 1945) is an American politician from the Republican Party. He has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 6th Congressional District of Colorado, which includes most of Denver's southern suburbs. He has gained national attention for his strong stance against illegal immigration, and he has expressed interest in seeking the 2008 Republican nomination for president. Tancredo won re-election in 2006 against Democratic challenger Bill Winter with a 59%-40% margin. (read more...)

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• Insurgency in Somalia: An Ethiopian helicopter is downed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle insurgents. (BBC)
• The United States House of Representatives narrowly passes a US$2.9 trillion budget blueprint which results in a surplus after five years but relies heavily on the expiration of the Bush tax cuts to do so. The United States Senate passed a similar budget blueprint last week with negotiations to ensue. (AP via San Francisco Examiner)
• Beef from the United States goes on sale in Japan as a ban imposed as a result of the discovery of mad cow disease in the U.S. is lifted. (AP via The Houston Chronicle)
• The Czech government announced that it will open negotiations with the US Government over participation in the missile defense shield. (Washinton Post)
• Ecuadorean judge Juan Ramirez reinstates 57 members of the National Congress of Ecuador only to be dismissed by the electoral tribunal that dismissed the members of Congress. (BBC)
• The President of Guinea Lansana Conte names a new government led by the Prime Minister of Guinea Lansana Kouyate. (BBC)
• The Movement for Democratic Change says its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been arrested by police. He was later released but other activists remained in police custody. (BBC) (Zim Daily)
• The British Ministry of Defence has published exact co-ordinates of the location of the Royal Navy personnel when they were seized by Iran. According to this data the soldiers were 1.7 nautical miles within Iraqi waters at the time of their capture. (The Times)

Wikipedia also has articles on other current events:

• Iran's nuclear program
• Iraqi insurgency

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The Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Photo credit: Steven W. Dengler

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We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.

—Samuel Gompers, American Federationist, May 1906

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Comprehensive overview of politics coverage

Numerous articles in Wikipedia are related to politics, especially to political science, democracy and the various aspects of a democratic system, most notably elections. In general, all the following articles have at least some connection with politics or the democratic decision-making process.

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