[ ] hello im bonnie erbe welcome to to the contrary a discussion of news and social trends. Up first, Sexual Assault. A rape and other forms of violence against women starting to be taken more seriously . Commentators say the nfls swift reaction to the newest case of player misconduct is a good sign. The San Francisco nfl team is releasing ray mcdonald after he was identified as a suspect in a Sexual Assault case. This is a turnaround for the nfl which ways pilloried for the response to ray rices Domestic Abuse charge and did not act upon an earlier accusation against mcdonald himself. Theres been a lot of change this year on the issue of campus rape. The white house launched the first ever task force on stopping rape on campus and the university of virginia revised its policy after a Rolling Stone article that recounted one students rape became national news. New questions keep coming up about the veracity of that alleged rape victims story. Feminists are worried the controversy will
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Legal action over a steep increase in gas prices. Five years on from italys earthquake. Why much of a town is damaged. The artistic side of george w. Bush, how he really sees Russias Vladimir Putin and other leaders around the world. Despite all the threats from the taliban, afghanistan has carried out historic president ial elections. More than 7 million turn out to vote. Thats 58 of the electorate, higher than in the United States. Afghans had three main voices, abdullah abdullah, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, and zalmai rassoul. We probably wont know who has won for several weeks. As Bernard Smith reports, this is a proud day for many afghans. The queue started forming well before kabuls polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to target the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000year history it marks the first democratic transfer of power. People here are eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the threat from the taliban. I dont have a threat from taliban
Later. The polls closed in afghanistan where the country held its first democratic election today. In a few days well know who will succeed current President Hamid karzai. There has been an increase in deadly violence as the deadline loms for n. A. T. O. Looms for n. A. T. O. Troop withdrawal. Bernard smith has more. The queues formed before the polling stations open. Despite the taliban threats to target the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000 year history, it marks the first democratic transfer of power. The people here have been eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the taliban. You can see everyone coming here. I dont have a threat from the taliban, for me. 12 million were eligible to vote. In parts of the country polling stations are closed. This is repeated at polling sessions. People dip their finger in indelible ink to stop them voting twice, pick up their papers and cast their ballots in the boxes here. Blue for president ial, green for provincial. T
Today the United States praised afghanistan for a successful president ial election. The white house called the vote an important milestone and commended the Afghan People. 7 million voters showed up, making turn out nearly 60 , almost double the last election. Violence didnt erupt as expected, scatter attacks killed 20. We have more on the first true attempt at democracy the queues started forming well before kabuls polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to tart the election, people wanted to vote. In afghanistans 5,000 year history this election marked the first democratic transfer of power. People here have been eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the taliban. For me, i dont have a threat from taliban or im not afraid of them. 12 million were eligible to vote. In parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations were closed. This is where people queue up, dipping their finger in indelible ink. They pick up a ballot paper, go into the privacy