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The books opened with a public view of the ‘expense account’ of New Zealand parliamentarians.
Ordinary New Zealanders go to work with the expectation the costs of travel, rent, food and clothing and other essentials for life come out of what...
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President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday held out the remote republic of Tuva to illustrate Russia’s need for political reform and promised to make electoral changes...
made popular Nov 13 2009
Even though we have celebrated over 60 independence days as a democratic nation it has become imperative to address some of the key elements of ‘Democracy’...
made popular Nov 12 2009
Although there are far too few voices of reason in the Islamic world, there are those who do have the courage to speak out against the violence being perpetrated in the...
made popular Nov 10 2009
So Tunisia - France’s favorite dictatorship - has began a new era of Ben Ali repression. The 73-year-old black-hair-dyed tyrant - in power for 23 years today -...
made popular Nov 9 2009
Ben Ali behaving as the Buffoon next to Sarkozy and his Italian wife.
The United States State Department feigned concern over transparency in the recent Tunisian...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Tunisians and the world were on the edge of their seats as the election results on October 25, 2009, took longer than last time to be reported. Was this a sign that the...
made popular Nov 2 2009
A new tactic of thuggish Arab dictators and their even more thuggish secret police is to hire plain-clothed thugs to go out and beat up dissidents and then the regime...
made popular Oct 27 2009
The Telecoms 2G spectrum scandal in which Govt lost revenue to the tune of Rs 60000/ Crores and to unearth the links CBI raided the offices of ten telecommunication...
made popular Oct 27 2009
Almost all of 77 million people in Turkey are Muslim, but signs of Islamic faith are noticeably divorced from everyday life. But a growing number of Turks are joining...
made popular Oct 26 2009
We, the Indian, are very much interested in every issue now being exposed centering President Obama and the member of his Senate. India and America, two democratic...
made popular Oct 26 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Tunisian president Ben Ali will be reelected for a fifth term. Now I know the election has yet to take place, but I have been following the polls really,...
made popular Oct 24 2009
The Reform Act of 1832 swept away dozens of Britain’s “rotten boroughs”, where comfortable sinecures were left in the hands of a tiny number of voters. The 2009...
made popular Oct 22 2009
The tyrannical regime of Tunisian president Ben Ali has denied a French journalist entry to the country. Demonstrating the “plurality” and...
made popular Oct 22 2009
I had an interesting chat on Skype with a good friend who is also very interested in the situation in Zimbabwe.
Friend: Is Mugabe going to do a go-it-alone?
Me: Looks...
made popular Oct 20 2009
I was deeply saddened late yesterday afternoon when I learned that Mugabe’s legal gurus had played their trump card, indicted Bennett on banditry and terrorism...
made popular Oct 15 2009
The Smiling Tyrant.
Nothing better (perhaps) illustrates the American hypocrisy in ostensibly championing human rights and democracy in the Arab world than the jovial...
made popular Oct 13 2009
Tunisia’s tyrant Ben Ali is one of the most paranoid and insecure leaders in the Arab world. He was prime minister under former President Bourguiba and then...
made popular Oct 12 2009
Guinea’s leader, who seized power in a coup nine months ago, said Friday that elections will continue as planned even as his military junta prepared to bury 57...
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It’s that time: Another facade in Tunisian government. Now, the Ben Ali regime may be more subtle this time. Instead of declaring a 99.whatever%...
made popular Oct 2 2009
When the concept of democracy developed in Greek City States or any where else in the ancient civilizations, the idea behind it was to ensure freedom of individual to...
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With the increasing corruption in the government and MPs misusing the taxpayers hard earned money for their own comforts; the system needs to be changed. This is what...
made popular Jun 11 2009
Corrupt MPs would be expelled from Parliament under emergency moves to be unveiled within weeks to rebuild trust in Westminster following the Commons expenses...
made popular Jun 11 2009
India is home to the largest number of poor in the world, but the 543 Members of Parliament, who have been elected to the Lok Sabha, have a combined asset of Rs 3,075...
made popular May 18 2009
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