<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Machetes and Elections : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Machetes and Elections : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machetes and Elections]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/51593/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Until he was circumcised with a machete in front of a jeering mob and then dragged off to be beheaded, Robert Ochieng had been a symbol of modern, post-tribal harmony in Kenya.<br/><br/>We badly need some brighter people making decisions for our policies.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price of machetes drops after elections]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/25954/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The price of machetes has halved in parts of Nigeria since the end of general elections in April because demand from thugs sponsored by politicians has subsided.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa: Lessons Continent Can Draw From the U.S. Elections]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/81004/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The US is regarded as the most democratic nation in the whole world, and certainly the most developed.<br/>Being at the forefront of almost everything; from politics to the economy, when the US elections come, the world doesn't go to sleep until the new American President is sworn in.]]></description></item></channel></rss>