Radio 5 live asked the director of the Reagan Foundation about the sale of a vial of blood taken from President Reagan.

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AUDIO: ‘Ronald Reagan’s blood’ for sale?

CAIRO — Under a blistering sun, Egyptians flocked to polling stations around the country Wednesday morning to elect a new president, launching the country’s most consequential vote in modern history . “It’s the most beautiful day, Egyptians are voting,” said Haitham Abd el Zaher, 37, who brought his son Yousef, 10, to the polling station in the Agouza district of Cairo so the child could watch history unfold. “I want to show him the joy Egypt is experiencing.” Read full article > >

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Egyptians vote in historic presidential election with muted optimism

Guinea-Bissau’s military junta hands back power to civilians, six weeks after staging a coup that derailed presidential elections – but retains a position in the new cabinet.

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Guinea-Bissau army cedes control

Presidential election pits Islamists against secularists.

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Egypt Preps for Historic Vote

President Obama won his 34th and 35th consecutive Democratic primary contests on Tuesday night, claiming victories in Arkansas and Kentucky. But his margin was surprisingly small in Arkansas — a state in which he was opposed by Tennessee lawyer John Wolfe, who had previously been on the presidential primary ballot in Louisiana, Missouri and New Hampshire and will be on the ballot in Texas next week. Wolfe has also run unsuccessfully for Congress four times. Read full article > >

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Obama challenged in Arkansas primary

To stop sale of late president’s blood.

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Reagan Foundation Threatens Lawsuit

A bomb is found hidden in a lamp at a theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ahead of a speech to be given there by Colombian ex-President Alvaro Uribe.

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Bomb ‘targets Colombia ex-leader’

Barack Obama might embarrass himself tonight. Well, not embarrass himself as much as be embarrassed by the Arkansas presidential primary results. See, the president isn’t very popular in that state — he has essentially zero chance of carrying it in November — and there’s a no-name candidate on the ballot, and so there’s some speculation that the president might do very poorly indeed . Read full article > >

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Jonathan Bernstein: The primaries that matter today

A painting of the South African President Jacob Zuma has been vandalised at a gallery in Johannesburg.

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VIDEO: Zuma painting defaced in gallery

Using the story of a struggling family, a Crossroads GPS commercial seeks to appeal to swing voters who had supported President Obama, and may still like him, but are disappointed.

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New Republican Ad Takes a Soft Shot at Obama

Craig Becker stepped down from the board in December after serving under a recess appointment by President Obama since March 2010.

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Craig Becker Appointed to A.F.L.-C.I.O. Role

President Vladimir V. Putin’s choices for his Kremlin administration will be the political heavyweights who have accompanied him for more than a decade.

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Familiar Confidants Chosen for Kremlin Posts

A painting showing South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out, angering the ANC, is vandalised in a Johannesburg gallery.

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‘Obscene’ Zuma painting attacked

Mali’s Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra says he is ashamed that Mali’s interim president was beaten unconscious by protesters, as Ecowas threatens new sanctions.

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Mali ‘shame’ at leader’s beating

The foundation of late US President Ronald Reagan expresses outrage after a vial said to have held a sample of his blood is offered for auction.

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Anger over ‘Reagan blood’ auction