Results are in for the West Virginia primary. With 100% of the precincts reporting, the tally was as follows: Clinton 67% (20 delegates) and Obama 26% (8 delegates). On the Republican side, McCain 76% (9 delegates), Huckabee 10%, Paul 5%.. The results are as predicted since the state is primarily comprised of the sort of voters that Clinton has been drawing: white, low income and less educated.

13.05.2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, known for his style of public addresses, has accused German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party of adhering to extremely rightist ideas. In his address to Venezuela’s government and military leaders Chavez reminded them of the history of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and stated that Angela Merkel and her proponents are "of those who supported Adolf Hitler and fascism"

08.05.2008
Mikhail Gorbachev, the ex-president of the USSR, has accused the USA of the imperialistic conspiracy against Russia, which pushes the world to a new Cold War. He said that Washington has been increasing its military potential to prevent Russia’s revival. “The USA can’t put up with the fact that somebody in the world is independent on it,” he said

06.05.2008
The USA has faced the “difficult economic period”, with these words US President George Bush addressed US citizens. The origin of US leader’s pessimism lies in quite unfavourable economic reports revealed in early May. The new information evidenced the growth of unemployment and the low growth of the US economy. However, it remains unclear whether the US economy is really as bad as the president considers