French rappers urge suburb youths to cast their vote
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What do thumping beats and rap music have  to do with France's presidential election?
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Young people -- easily mobilized through the Internet and mobile phone -- are a vocal and radical force in Hungary's near-tribal political conflict, now increasingly being fought out on the streets.
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The hip-hoppers rhyming earnestly on  the importance of voting were coming up against a tough crowd  in downtown Belgrade.
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French Socialist heavyweights braved a key test in the battle to represent their party in presidential elections next year as they lined up to defend their ideas before thousands of activists.
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Stoned, beaten and insulted, their  vehicles torched by crowds of hostile youths, French police say  they face an urban guerrilla war when they enter the run-down  neighborhoods that ring the major cities.
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The tony Paris suburb that made the French president's political career is not amused by his antics, and may take it out on Sarkozy's pick for mayor
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In clubs, street corners, and online, young Europeans are turning a dance into a subculture with its own mix of fashion, symbolism, and moves.
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The hip-hoppers rhyming earnestly on the importance of voting were coming up against a tough crowd in downtown Belgrade.
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Wyclef Jean called on his Haitian countrymen to reject violence and work for a stable future during a free concert aimed at promoting development in the impoverished nation.
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Eminem made his voice heard for the first time at the ballot box. The 32-year-old rapper voted by absentee ballot in Tuesday's presidential election and had a bodyguard drop it off, township clerk Dennis Tomlinson said.
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FranÃ§ois Bayrou is gaining ground in a presidential campaign dominated by a nurturing Socialist and a crime-busting conservative.
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They grew up listening to '70s soul, learning to break dance, wearing Nikes, watching the "Star Wars" trilogy again and again. For the French rap group IAM, the fascination with American culture started when they were kids.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some  overseas French territories in the decisive round of  parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President  Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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Pierre Bellanger is building a social network of many languages as he expands his popular French youth radio station into blogs in four languages.
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It was rumored for some time but seems  finally to have been confirmed: Pierre Sarkozy, the French  president's eldest son, aged 22, is a hip hop producer.
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Caroline Wyatt talks to a rapper who is trying to reconcile his love for France and music with his adopted Muslim identity.
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High school students across the country are increasingly tuned in to politics, and turned on by the election.