India

Congress won!!


India's prime minister-elect was born Sonia Maino in town near Turin.
"Hooray! Finally an Italian woman as prime minister, because in my country there's never been a female premier," joked Italian Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Margherita Boniver.

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Still, those Italians who did hear of the victory were impressed.

"It's good that an Italian can get elected in a country that's so far away, and that's culturally so different," said 30-year-old Gilberto Fulvi. He smiled and added: "Imagine here in Italy, if a foreigner were elected premier!''

Gandhi is an Indian citizen. Her husband was assassinated in a 1991 suicide attack during an election rally.

PLUS, NDP elected in Hamilton East! Now an official provincial party again! The wave goes left!

Building Water Democracy : People's victory against Coca-Cola in Plachimada

( Two years ago, adivasi women in a small hamlet, Plachimada, in Palghat, Kerala started a movement against Coca-Cola. Today, the Coca-Cola plant in Plachimada has been shut down. The victory of the Plachimada movement is major step in reversing corporate hijack of our precious water resources. It provides both inspiration and lessons for building water democracy in other parts of India and in the rest of the world. )