According to the survey, the economy by far remains issue No. 1 with Americans, with 47 percent saying it is the most important issue facing the country today -- up 7 points from last month.
The Independent Greeks were running fourth at 7.5% and 20 seats, while the nationalist, far-right Golden Dawn -- which called illegal immigration the country's biggest issue -- appeared headed for a fifth-place finish at 7% and 18.
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The attack focused attention on the little-discussed issue of sexual violence in a country where women are still often regarded as second-class citizens.
But this is a neuralgic issue for a country with a deep-seated suspicion of its powerful northern neighbour.
The country - including the Bush administration - is split on the issue.
What it did do was address the most hyper-sensitive issue in this country with unique frankness.
Since she took over as president of the Congress party in the late 1990s, Ms. Gandhi, who became an Indian citizen in 1983, has played down her Italian roots, a politically-sensitive issue in her country of adoption.
Certainly, you know, overspending, overconsumption in this country is a broad-based issue, not just for women and certainly not just for women of color.
The senator from Massachusetts also turned to one of the most contentious issues in the country -- and a central issue that drew the crowd.
Its supporters see it as a major step forward in the country's fight against crime - a key issue at recent national elections.
The fact that he fled to Italy is one of the factors that have made the issue of Muslim-Christian conversion a hot topic in that country.
There are several dozen lawsuits on the issue across the country, brought by religious groups, charities and for-profit employers.
Mr Garza, the US ambassador in Mexico City, also raised the issue in a letter to Mr Derbez and the country's attorney-general.
With the majority of South Koreans opposed to the president's removal, however, some analysts are suggesting that the impeachment issue could ease the deep-rooted regionalism that has dogged the country for decades.
South Korea and Japan will also be asked to think beyond their rhetoric and country-specific issues, such as the Japanese abductee issue, to think about the larger issues of security in the region.
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"Instead of bullying the Supreme Court, the President should spend his time preparing for the reality that the court may soon rule against his decision to illegally issue tax penalties and subsidies on Americans in two-thirds of the country, " said Wyoming Sen.
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That selection of notable designers and merchandisers is nicely illustrated in the July issue of the hard-copy Forbes China, for those traveling in the country.
Same-sex marriage, for example, is a divisive issue in this country.
Mr. EDWARDS: I think it depends entirely on, number one, whether there are leaders, who the country recognizes, who are willing to make this a long-term issue.
Tax policy rarely makes headlines in France, but the row between the country's best-known actor and the government has given the issue unusual prominence in recent weeks.
Considering the knotty situation both the countries had got in over the issue - India's Supreme Court barring the Italian ambassador from leaving the country and insisting that he had effectively surrendered his diplomatic immunity with his affidavit promising the marines' return - Rome's decision certainly defuses an unsavoury diplomatic row.
Child marriage is an issue which affects girls in almost every country on the continent to a greater or lesser extent -- ten of the fifteen countries worldwide with the highest rates of child marriage are in Africa.
The second issue I think is that--I think nationally we have to try and pull the country together, to recognize that it's not the America in the leadership position that was.
And the issue now is providing that kind of assistance and advice as the world -- as their country moves closer to a situation where they can -- the citizens of Libya can pick their own leaders and decide their own political future.
And even the pro-business BJP is expected to tread softly around the perennially contentious issue of opening up the country's retail sector to foreign investments.
The long-running privatisation of telecoms company Telstra is also a divisive issue for the government as support for it remaining in state-hands comes from the conservative heartland in country areas.
The rise of solar power in Germany is directly related to the country's phase-out of nuclear power plants -- however in Japan, the issue of nuclear power is back in the news.
On issue after issue, if you give them a fair presentation, no spin on the ball, the majority of the country -- not just Manhattan -- (laughter) -- the majority of the country agrees with us.
Immigration is a hot-button issue for sure, but a pretty real one for the millions of undocumented workers in the country and the millions of Americans who are out of work.
And the economic boom being powered, in some regions of the country, by cheap natural gas (which I cover in the current issue of Fortune) makes investment in clean-energy technology an even more courageous effort.
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