Here is your R&D top five for February 12th:

How Yar’Adua Has Improved Nigerian Democracy from Pambazuka News

Putting Political Change in Iran First from the Council on Foreign Relations

Kennedy won’t run for re-election in RI from the Houston Chronicle

Robert Bobb: No more unearned promotions for students from the Detroit Free Press

Ishikawa exits DPJ; foes want him out of Diet from the Japan Times