The movie actor Arnold Schwargenegger, who is running for governor of California, belongs to the conservative Democratic Party.

In a series of radio broadcasts, Arnold Schwargenegger, the actor-turned-candidate-for- governor, staked out some middle ground on social issues, taking positions that might alienate his conservative fellow Republicans but match the views of a majority of Californians.

While women make up half the 325 million people in the Middle East and North Africa, and in some countries as many as 63 percent of university students, they comprise only 32 percent of the labor force, according to a World Bank report released on the eve of its annual meeting with the International Monetary Fund.