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One million in Zeppelin gig draw
The promoters were not expecting a Million applications for tickets.. With 90,000 seats, and voted best live music venue, Wembley Stadium would have been a better choice. "More than one million fans have...
'Millions' rush for Zeppelin gig tickets
The website Welcome to Ahmet Tribute 1923 - 2006 was down every time I tried to register for tickets. The response to the gig announcement surprised everyone and the enormous popularity of Led Zeppelin is... California proposal could sway 2008 race
"A Republican-backed ballot proposal could split left-leaning California between the Democratic and GOP nominees, tilting the 2008 presidential election in favor of the Republicans."Sarkozy's UMP Party Set to Sweep General Election in France
Update: It looks like newly-elected President Nicolas Sarkozy's party is headed for a decisive victory: "Polling firms predicted that Mr Sarkozy's centre-right UMP party would increase its majority in the lower...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Anti-Sweatshop Crusader Rini Chakraborty
"How can garment workers at the dawn of the 21st century still face 19th-century sweatshop conditions? It's disturbing questions like this that drive Rini Chakraborty, 31, Executive Director of California-based Sweatshop Watch, to seek justice for exploited workers in the... Nigeria Polls: Dalai Lama, Tutu and 47 Laureates object.
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International and domestic monitors have determined that Nigeria's recent elections fell far short of acceptable standards, having failed the test of a free and fair ballot.
We, the undersigned Nobel... Nigeria Polls: The truth begins to unravel
"There are still around 70% of the ballot papers left at the Johannesburg warehouse. This was no accident. This was not poor planning. It was a concerted decision of the Nigerian electoral officials with Bidvest... Opposition Wants Nigerian Vote Annulled
"Local media described ruling party thugs running off with ballot boxes or driving away voters with guns and knives.
At one polling center in southern Nigeria, electoral workers could be heard shouting for the... France Votes: Massive Turnout So Far
French citizens swarm the polls, eager to have their say in who makes it through to the runoff election next month. More than one million newly-registered voters should be turning up today, and they are likely to...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Nigeria Election Should be Re-Run, Says Monitoring Group
Violence, intimidation and mismanagement have fatally marred the long-awaited Nigerian elections, robbing the people of their chance to participate in a truly democratic handover of political power. Read a firsthand account of the events to get a true sense of what went on...
created by Jordan Yerman | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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Nigeria Polls: a democratic illusion
It was a bright and lovely day, a bit humid but quite
the usual Nigerian weather. All my friends and well-wishers came to escort me
to the polling station to cast my vote and them theirs. As I made to get... Violence and fraud dash hopes of democratic transition in Nigeria
"An attempt to blow up the electoral headquarters with a petrol tanker, attacks by thugs, missing ballot papers and low turnout undermined Nigeria's presidential election on Saturday.An abortive truck bomb attack on electoral headquarters, rampaging thugs and stolen ballots...Nigerian Opposition Points to Dirty Tricks on Eve of Poll
As twenty-five presidential hopefuls prepare for the big day, evidence is mounting of yet more irregularities in Nigeria's drawn-out poll. "Nigeria's opposition accused the government of detaining its activists and stuffing ballot boxes in the north on Friday, a day before a...Nigeria ballots 'not in country'
"Ballot papers have not yet arrived in Nigeria less than 24 hours before presidential elections are due, the election commission head has said."CA State elections officials violated law, judge rules
"A state judge has found that elections officials in Alameda County violated the California Constitution and election law by refusing to provide data about Diebold touchscreen voting machinery to proponents of a failed ballot initiative seeking a recount."
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