It is the fourth of November, the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. America votes today, and the world watches.

We ran a similar programme when Kenya voted at the end of last year, and we can only hope the Americans enjoy a post-election period more peaceful than ours.

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Whatever. I liked this, do you? How far can you get before capitus explodit, or whatever. Pity we haven't Latin or even Arabic to occupy our mostly idle Kenyan pupils, eh? They are knitting and making stool stools instead.

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Nekessa Opoti:
What began as peaceful protests in St. Paul, Minnesota today ended in the arrests of close to 150 people.

Many of the protesters were anti-war activists. Some had been preparing for at least a year to protest the Republican National Convention (RNC). Others just showed up today. At least 10,000 people, from Minnesota and the rest of the US, showed up on the streets of downtown St. Paul.

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