{"id":4644,"date":"2009-04-22T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2009-04-22T11:20:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T15:20:29","slug":"world-links-full-ballot-boxes-in-south-africa-britains-bleak-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links-full-ballot-boxes-in-south-africa-britains-bleak-budget\/4644\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Full Ballot Boxes in South Africa; Britain&#8217;s Bleak Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">South African election officials predict a <a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200904220001.html\" target=\"_blank\">record turnout<\/a> in today\u2019s general election. In the South African province  of Gauteng, officials report that ballot boxes are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mg.co.za\/article\/2009-04-22-ballot-boxes-too-full-in-gauteng\" target=\"_blank\">too full<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa\u2019s ruling party, the African National Conference, is confident that a high voter turnout will result in a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200904220310.html\" target=\"_blank\">decisive mandate<\/a>\u201d for the ANC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Britain&#8217;s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announces a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2009\/apr\/22\/budget-2009-darling-glance\" target=\"_blank\">50% tax raise<\/a> for those earning more than 150,000 pounds annually, and predicts that the British economy will shrink by 3.5% in 2009.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pakistani Taliban militants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/nwfp\/swat-taliban-consolidate-grip-over-buner--szh\">expand their control<\/a> to Buner, a district adjacent to the Swat Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African election officials predict a record turnout in today\u2019s general election. In the South African province of Gauteng, officials report that ballot boxes are too full. Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa\u2019s ruling party, the African National Conference, is confident that a high voter turnout will result in a \u201cdecisive mandate\u201d for the ANC. 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