Displaying youthful vigor, Henrique Capriles sprang from his campaign van in the center of this farm-belt town on a recent day, leading his followers on a sprint along narrow streets. Teenage girls mobbed him, mothers wanted to talk about better schools, and unemployed workers asked about jobs. And some even told him: You look like Hugo Chavez did in 1998, the way you energize your followers. Read full article > >

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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez faces tough challenge in likely foe Henrique Capriles

Displaying youthful vigor, Henrique Capriles sprang from his campaign van in the center of this farm-belt town on a recent day, leading his followers on a sprint along narrow streets. Teenage girls mobbed him, mothers wanted to talk about better schools, and unemployed workers asked about jobs. And some even told him: You look like Hugo Chavez did in 1998, the way you energize your followers. Read full article > >

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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez faces tough challenge in likely foe Henrique Capriles

Ludwig and I had the kind of relationship where I could ask him anything without fear of reproach. I questioned him about the rebellious rumblings of his youth, his wishes for the future and the state of his bathroom. Read full article > >

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Cuba people-to-people tours: So nice to meet you, Havana

Ludwig and I had the kind of relationship where I could ask him anything without fear of reproach. I questioned him about the rebellious rumblings of his youth, his wishes for the future and the state of his bathroom. Read full article > >

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Cuba people-to-people tours: So nice to meet you, Havana

Zero Hedge says it is: And it does look terrifying. Spain’s youth unemployment rate is 51.4 percent! Greece’s is nearly there. Isn’t that the sort of that leads to war and destruction? Perhaps, though there’s a key caveat missing here: Spain’s youth unemployment rate is only calculated among those youths actually looking for work. As the European Commission explains , the vast majority of kids that age are still in school. That means only about 17.8 percent of all Spanish youths aged 16-24 are jobless and not in school. (In Greece, it’s 10 percent of all youths; across the euro area as a whole, it’s 8.7 percent.) Those are still terrible numbers, albeit somewhat less apocalyptic. Read full article > >

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Is this Europe’s scariest chart?

Most actors face a moment in their youth when they must choose between pursuing acting or taking safer routes — the useful degrees and 9-to-5 safety nets suggested by well-meaning parents. For Jim Broadbent, known to millions as Hogwarts professor Horace Slughorn , family legacy presented a different choice: Should he stay an actor or become an artist? Read full article > >

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Jim Broadbent needed little imagination to play Denis Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’

In a country where politics and public life were for generations violently and obsessively policed, young people are now speaking more freely than ever.

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Tripoli Journal: Young Libyans Revel in Freedom to Speak Out

There is probably a link between rising levels of youth unemployment in Britain and an increase in migration from eastern Europe, a report suggests.

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Migrants ‘link’ to jobless youths

“Caged” on MTV joins “Jersey Shore,” “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom 2” in illuminating youth subcultures.

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Critic’s Notebook: ‘Caged,’ ‘Jersey Shore’ and ‘Teen Mom’ on MTV

The new year has brought with it renewed pledges to make 2012 the year we finally take on the childhood obesity epidemic. (See an earlier post about the controversial new tactics officials in Georgia are trying out .) Max Greenberg has his own thoughts on this front. Greenberg works for the National Wildlife Federation and Outdoors Alliance for Kids . He’s an avid promoter of unstructured physical activity to combat the childhood obesity epidemic. (Nearly 20 percent of children and adolescents are obese at last count according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .) Read full article > >

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Advice from a former obese kid

Three youths are arrested over the stabbing death of teenager Seydou Diarrassouba on London’s Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales.

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Three held over Boxing Day murder

Strict orders to young Iowa supporters: Look, dress, shave, sound and behave in a way that will not jeopardize Ron Paul’s chances.

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Ron Paul’s Young Iowa Volunteers Clean Up for the Cause

For Mayor Jean Quan, a longtime civil rights activist and former union organizer, the possibility of being undone by youthful demonstrators poses a painful paradox.

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In Oakland, Mayor Quan Struggles to Put Protest in the Past

A major development project for its waterfront could give Staten Island a much-needed boost, but the tide is taking young people from its shores.

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Big City: Hoping a Project Will Lift Staten Island

A dedicated minister for youth employment is to be appointed by the Scottish government, the first minister Alex Salmond tells MSPs.

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Youth jobs minister job announced