This article is the final piece of a 7-part series originally written for the Skoll World Forum as part of a debate among global leaders about the role of the media in accelerating social progress.
Nigeria's voters have begun a series of polls (see article) that are meant to culminate in the election of a civilian president in February and a final hand-over by the soldiers in May.
According to an article in the AP, cases in Italy must pass two levels of appeal before the verdicts are final so Berlusconi, who was reportedly not in court when the verdict was announced, will have a chance to get his conviction overturned.
In a Next Avenue article, writer Carol Orsborn, who recently signed up for Medicare, said that by the time she made her final decisions about which coverage to take, she had received enough direct mail solicitations to fill six hanging folders with hundreds of brochures.