AFP: Which candidate will make the 'V' for victory sign in November? 30 April

European leaders on Thursday signed a landmark EU reform treaty to replace the failed constitution and revitalise the expanded bloc.The signing ceremony, at a Lisbon monastery, will launch a ratification process by the 27 member states which the leaders hope will not torpedo the treaty, as 'no' votes at French and Dutch referendums did to the constitution in 2005.

A new steel mill is completed on the Pacific Coast, which means steel for building Liberty ships will no longer have to be transported all the way across the country from the big Eastern steel mills, so precious time needed for war production will be saved.

Democratic and Republican candidates made a last-minute push for support as voters in the midwestern state of Iowa hold the first contest leading to the nomination of the presidential candidates for the two parties. An AFPTV report.

In a startling upset, President Harry S. Truman wins re-election. Governor Thomas E. Dewey goes down to defeat, after predictions made him a sure favourite. President Truman also wins majorities in both the House and the Senate, as the Republicans are snowed under all across the nation. Highlights show the major candidates at the polls, and Mr. Truman's stirring plea for national unity.

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, Reims - Nazi General Jodl, representing Admiral Doenitz, strides into the "war room" where Allied Generals await him and his party. After the surrender terms are understood, Jodl and his associates sign. US General Walter Bedell Smith, the Allied Chief of Staff, signs as do the remainder of the Allied Generals. In an adjoining room, General Eisenhower forms the signature pens into a V for Victory sign. Unconditional surrender is an accomplished fact.

Official results are yet to confirm Thaci's victory. But with more than half the ballots counted, independent electoral observers said his Democratic Party was well ahead. The main parties taking part in Kosovo's elections back a speedy move to independence from Serbia, and a declaration of statehood is expected within weeks - a move which will force a showdown with Serbia, which bitterly opposes secession.

Candidates have started to retool their messages -- putting the downturn in the U.S. economy front and center in the race for the White House. Jon Decker reports.

The 84-year-old leader is seeking re-election for another five-year term in a presidential race that pits him against former finance minister Simba Makoni and head of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai.

By far the most innocuous (and least creative!) of those involved, Executive Producer Mark_T. Workman finances the work of Director Mark Wilder and Screenwriter/Global Warming Activist Larry McPhereson, who recently posed this multiple choice question series on behalf of The Silent Resolution Movement: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITEE! QUESTION: Which activities do you consider UNAMERICAN? A) 10,000 Republican voters committing voter fraud in order to vote Democrat for one day only specifically to undermine the outcome of a Democrat Party Primary. (This occurred in the recent Kucinich primary victory.) B) Fox Television banning Ron Paul from one of their debates then singling him out for questions as to the legitimacy of his candidacy the next weekend even though he was clearly ahead of several other candidates on stage. C) CNN refusing to ask the most viewed and voted on political questions for GOP candidates at the YOUCHOOSE Debates specifically refusing to even acknowledge Energy and Healthcare questions among others. D) NBC using its full legal might to overturn a court order allowing Dennis Kucinich to debate at one of its privately sponsored “debates” on it’s cable affiliate MSNBC. E) Congress spending American tax dollars and valuable legislative time to back individual American athletes into a corner where they must either publicly defame themselves concerning use of steroids, commit perjury or plead the fifth. F) ALL OF THE ABOVE! G) A through D. See the :88 second trailer for WHO WILL SPEAK FOR AMERICA?