Le dimanche 26 octobre en Tunisie ont eu lieu les premières élections législatives depuis l’enclenchement du processus révolutionnaire de 2011. En pleins bouleversements nationaux mais aussi géopolitiques, cet ancrage démocratique témoigne de la consolidation et de la grande modernité de la Révolution tunisienne. Dotée d’une Constitution construite sur une séparation des pouvoirs, la Tunisie engage désormais une nouvelle phase pour demain : celle de la construction d’un nouveau modèle de développement, tourné vers l’épanouissement de la jeunesse, l’émancipation des plus démunis et le renforcement des capacités économiques. C’est l’exigence de tout un peuple, ce sera là sans doute le principal défi du prochain gouvernement.

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Dilma Rousseff has won another term as Brazil's president. President Rousseff garnered 51.45% of votes cast. Despite allegations of corruption at the highest levels of her administration — especially regarding the massive state oil firm Petrobras — the incumbent will have another four years to right Brazil's ship after a close campaign against center-right candidate Aecio Neves. It will not be easy. Wall Street knows that. As a result, the markets may punish Brazil's markets Monday morning. 

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Anti-war campaigners said the UK's mission in Afghanistan had failed and had left a legacy of tens of thousands of civilian deaths as well as a series of unanswered questions. British troops today handed Camp Bastion over to Afghan forces - bringing to an end their bloody campaign in Helmand province - by lowering the Union Jack for the last time.

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Les anti-missiles évoqués dans notre brève d'actualité précédente (Voir Au revoir le BMDE. Rebonjour le BMDE), ne visent rappelons-le qu'à intercepter les missiles dits tactiques, qu'ils soient on non porteurs de tètes nucléaires. Or les Etats-Unis comme la Russie (précédemment l'URSS), ont mis au point depuis les années 1970, en pleine guerre froide, des missiles dits intercontinentaux ou stratégiques (ICBM). Ceux-ci sont capables d'atteindre sans efforts des pays situés à l'autre bout, si l'on peut dire, de la planète.

ADMIROUTES

The enemy inside: "Negotiations with Iran over the future of its nuclear program have not even concluded yet some members of Congress are preparing to manufacture a political crisis over a deal. Their beef? President Barack Obama may initially bypass Congress and suspend sanctions imposed on Iran to make a deal possible and only later ask lawmakers to end them permanently when it is determined that Iran has complied fully with its obligations under the deal."

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Les 28 Etats membres promettent de dépenser 2 % de leur PIB au titre de la défense, et 20 % de cet effort à l'investissement dans les futurs équipements militaires. Cet objectif est fixé à l'horizon 2025. Il n'est pas contraignant. Mais c'est la première fois que l'OTAN le formalise de cette façon solennelle, dans une réunion du Conseil de l'Atlantique Nord.

LE MONDE

French politician Marine Le Pen, president of the right wing Front National Party, is campaigning against the deal, arguing that unfettered transatlantic commerce would damage vulnerable national industries and hit employment...

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The yen approached its weakest in almost six years versus the dollar as Japanese reports showing a slump in business spending and a shrinking current-account surplus added to signs the economy is losing momentum.

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As the 2008 economic crisis took hold, central banks around the world scrambled to prop up their economies. The result: monetary easing on a global scale. However there's been fierce debate over whether these stimulus efforts – such as the U.S. Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program – could have done more harm than good.

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Beyond economics, there is plenty more to ponder, including the growing number of disturbances around the world, with the escalating crisis in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in the Middle East the most concerning. ... Closer to home, it is just a fortnight until the Scottish referendum on independence, and the most recent opinion polls suggest a much closer race than was expected even just a week or so ago. Are policymakers prepared for the consequences of the Scottish people voting to leave the UK? And, of course, what would such a monumental decision mean for more devolution in other parts of the UK, and our relationship with Europe?

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