Tomorrow, voters will turn out to elect the next president of the United States — and, if we're listening to reports from Italy and Egypt and South Park, there's plenty of reason to do so.

The New York Times says voting matters: a single state’s electoral votes can have massive repercussions.

Italy's Corriere della Sera says voting matters: with so many factions campaigning, the losers have "enormous potential power of blackmail."

Al-Jazeera says voting matters: Egyptian voters unseated Hosni Mubarak and ushered in a new government — "uneasy as it may be."

Back in the USA, South Park questions just how much voting matters, courtesy of P. Diddy's mantra: “Vote or Die.”

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Today, news sources across North America are watching as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the eastern seaboard.

Mexico, which has been spared the brunt of the storm, "se solidariza con afectados por hurácan Sandy."

And according to Canada's Globe and Mail, our neighbors to the north are gearing up for "a bit of a mess."

Image: Jay Karr, startribune.com

Last week, all eyes were on Stockholm as the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ... the European Union?

Greece's Ekathimerini, reporting in the midst of austerity measures and full-monty rebellions, remarks that "Crisis-hit Europeans see cruel joke in EU Nobel."

But Germany's Die Zeit, representing the country that has steered Europe through these measures, insists that "Ja, das macht Sinn" ("Yes, it Makes Sense").

Right or wrong, the prize raises another dilemma, probed by the UK's Guardian: "Who will collect the Nobel peace prize for the EU?"

Image: europapress.es