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“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime was allowed to grow expand and penetrate. Perhaps people thought it was a...
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Parents were banned from attending an inter-school sports day to protect pupils from kidnappers and paedophiles.
The host school said they could not prevent...
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Human Rights Watch said Friday that Zimbabwe’s armed forces have taken over diamond fields in the east and killed more than 200 people, forcing children to search...
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The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels.
A brother...
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United States Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on...
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Very few like me have a gut feeling that BJP will come back. It was a painful experience to witness rise and fall of a substitute to family-run congress. Congress which...
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Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal....
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The African Union refused to act on an international war crimes warrant for Sudan’s president, at a summit that also yielded a deal on the powers of a new...
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The latest two-yearly study of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission damningly reveals that indigenous children are six times more likely to suffer...
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Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape region, officials said on...
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From Angela Merkel to Barack Obama, few have emerged unscathed from his peculiar brand of music hall humour, adolescent japes and sexist quips.
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The crown of the famed New York Statue of Liberty will reopen tomorrow for the first time since September 11th, 2001, and what better day than the celebration of...
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American nuns could be said to have their habits in a twist in the face of two investigations by the Vatican into whether they have come to espouse lifestyles and views...
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The Jackson family has decided to hold a memorial for their late son at Los Angeles’ Staple Center. Jackson died last week from what was probably a strong...
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Days before a historic visit of the US President to Russia gambling was narrowed just to four geographical areas of a country, far away from capitals and significant...
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In Penitents Compete (Tovbekarlar Yarisiyor in Turkish), religious leaders will seek to convert at least one of the 10 atheists in each episode to their faith. Those...
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Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change....
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Besides blocking access to food and construction to Palestinians in the Gaza Stripe - and even to a lesser degree in the West Bank - Israel also prevents Palestinians...
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As many as 41 security personnel have been killed after their military helicopter fell down in Feroz Khel area, bordering the Orakzai and Khyber agencies, yesterday...
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For all the complaints from American right-wingers that the European Union is a nation of appeasers whom do not stand up to thuggish regimes, the EU is actually more...
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Different events occurring in the same physical moment affect different people differently.
While last February fire reigned in Victoria, Australia, happy dwellers...
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Does democracy provides space for political stupidity? The answer is probably ‘yes’ as there are enough manifestations that one can cite to...
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An Iranian presidential candidate who is wanted by Interpol in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina said Sunday he is willing to cooperate with the U.S. on...
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AP, Tehran
Opponents of Iran’s hard-line president accused him Saturday of faking his support by bussing in students and soldiers to attend his public appearances, a...
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AP, Mumbai
Terrorism was on the top of the agenda Thursday as the people of Mumbai voted in India’s monthlong elections under the shadow of the deadly attack that rocked the...
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AP, Port-au-prince
None of the candidates for Haiti’s Senate received the majority vote needed to win outright in balloting this month, leaving 11 vacant seats up for grabs in the...
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AP, Tehran
A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that he would reverse the president’s hard-line policies, including the denial of...
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AP, Tehran
A reformist candidate in Iran’s upcoming presidential race has vowed to reverse current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies if he is elected.
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AP, Quito
President Rafael Correa has won re-election but may have little time to savor the decisive victory. The leftist economist must now determine how to maintain his ample...
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Populist President Rafael Correa appeared headed for an outright election victory, according to partial results, which would make the leftist economist the first...
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AP, Quito
President Rafael Correa, a leftist economist who has championed the poor and alienated international investors, appeared headed for easy re-election Sunday in a break...
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President Rafael Correa, a leftist champion of the poor, declared re-election victory Sunday just moments after the polls closed _ a win that breaks sharply with...
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Ecuador’s leftist President Rafael Correa has declared victory in an apparently easy re-election.
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AP, Reykjavik
Official results from Iceland’s general elections show the Social Democrats won the most votes.
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AP, Guayaquil
President Rafael Correa, a feisty leftist popular for his social programs, was widely favored to win re-election Sunday. He was even given a shot at becoming the first...
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AP, Reykjavik
Preliminary results show that Iceland’s leftist government is headed for a strong victory in the country’s general election.
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AP, Reykjavik
Icelanders voted Saturday in an early parliamentary election expected to see them turn their backs on the lawmakers who were in charge when the tiny Nordic...
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Icelanders vote in an early parliamentary election Saturday and are expected to turn their backs on the lawmakers who were in charge when the tiny Nordic nation’s...
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Suspected communist rebels blew up a jeep carrying polling officials in eastern India, killing five people as part of a wave of violence that has marred India’s...
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Balbina Herrera, presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary party, greets supporters after voting during presidential elections in Panama City, Sunday, May 3, 2009.
