Tag: ELECTED
Long-range campaigning: Clinton and Obama battle ...
"HAGATNA, Guam — Barack Obama was leading Hillary Rodham Clinton by just 203 votes out of more than 3,500 cast in Democratic presidential caucuses on Guam as counting continued early Sunday.Obama-pledged delegates...
Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary by a 12-delegat...
Sen. Hillary Clinton picked up two more delegates today in Pennsylvania, 10 days after voters went to the polls."The new delegates increased her margin of victory to 12 delegates, giving Clinton a total of 85...
War-torn Sri Lanka is the last sick man of the re...
"Last weekend's carnage underlines the idiocy of pledges to destroy the Tamil Tigers. Peace talks now seem a distant hope. Jonathan Steele The Guardian, Friday May 2 2008 Time is running out for the great...
Barbara Walters Affair with Republican Senator Ed...
Barbara Walters will appear on Oprah on May 6th to chat about her new book. In her tell all she relates that she had an affair with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts for years during the...
The Florida Re-Count the Movie
The Florida Re-Count the MovieDonald LaFontaine starts with, "Just when you thought it was safe to vote again in Florida, another recount is ready to blow", "HBO presents, Recount, where political journalist,...
Black Hole in Bush's Brain
"Judging from the campaign rhetoric coming out of both camps, whoever wins the Oval Office will be inclined to continue the failed military policies in Iraq and to pursue a confrontation with Iran. Apparently it does...
Understanding Maoist’s victory in Nepal
"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...
Former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman D...
"COLUMBIA, S.C. – Former South Carolina RepublicanParty Chairman Dan Ross of Blackville passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2008,after suffering a stroke. Ross served as Chairman from 1976 to 1980 andwas instrumental in ushering in a competitive two-party political...
UBC Alma Mater Society: NO !! to HIV/AIDS Club
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContribnutorCertainly the Old "Practice what you preach" doesn't apply here on Campus? Where many out in force, demonstrating, Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, Especially when drives such...
Maoists Take Majority of Counted Votes in Nepal
For the first time, the Nepalese were allowed to vote to determine the direction of their country. No one could have foreseen that the majority would vote for the Maoists, the rebels whose failed insurgency killed...
National Election Results Slowly Trickle out From...
Yesterday was a historic day for the Napalese people, with their first national election shifting their government from a monarchy to a democratic congress. Only one result has been officially declared, but so far things are looking good for the Maoist party.Read previous...
Island of Sark embraces democracy after 400 years
You cant get any greener*..."Four and a half centuries of feudalism were brought to an end yesterday when the Privy Council approved changes to the laws governing Sark, in the Channel Islands, which will introduce...
South Korea conservatives win parliament majority
South Korea's new conservative president has led his party to a victory in the country's parliament."The conservative party of South Korea's new president won a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary election,...
Zanu-PF to discuss Mugabe future
"The leadership of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is due to meet to discuss strategy and the likely results of the presidential election. Reports say the 49-member Politburo is split on whether Mr...
British Columbia: New TOP COP "Teatless"
By Barry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMeet the Honourable John van Dongen, once again another "Former Dairy Farmer " and British Columbia's New Solicitor General and Minister of Public Safety and TOP COP for Police...
