World Watch: Whose presidency is it anyway?

* Africa: Ivory Coast officials are divided as to who won last week’s presidential elections while tensions continue in Guinea after opposition leader Alpha Conde was declared as president-elect.

* India: As the 26th anniversary of the Bhopal industrial disaster approaches, some victims are seeking $1.1 billion in compensation from Dow Chemicals.

* World: According to a new survey released by Pew Research Center most Muslims in countries with large Islamic populations rejected Al Qaeda as well as the tactic of suicide bombings.

* Spain: An increased tobacco tax and pension reforms could be the next steps to strengthen an already weakened Spanish economy.

Image – Luc Gnago/REUTERS via The Guardian (“Supporters of opposition leader Alassane Outtara in the city of Gagnoa, Ivory Coast. The president's camp alleges vote rigging.”)
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World Watch: Seeking justice for Bhopal

* India: Could ex-Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson be forced to face trial over the 1984 Bhopal disaster?

* China: Roughly 1700 workers at a Chinese Honda factory are expected to strike and call for the right to form a labor union.

* Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied that Turkey was shunning the E.U. in favor of the Middle East.

* Philippines: International leaders such as Barack Obama of the U.S. and China’s Hu Jintao congratulated Philippine President-elect Benigno Aquino III.

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