Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed

"Ampatuan (Philippines): The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the...

Bizarre candidates kick off Philippine election race

Well its official pre-election time here in the Philippines, guns are being oils and bola's sharpend. Already 21 people have been murdered in the name of politics. Mad men and women, and people that just want to...

Acting Like They Care? Hollywood and Politics Meet in "Polliwood"

It was 2 am on a Saturday night. I was alone and in bed wondering what I could do to fall asleep and then it hit me, I can watch a documentary! I had heard about Barry Levinson making this film Polliwood, which was filmed at both the Democrat and Republican conventions...

Eunuchs can vote, contest as 'others'

I loved the headlines and like the fact that gay rights are being observed in India. But the word Eunuchs at a guess here is a term that the authorities reguard those that have had a sex change operation?  ...

India By-Polls - Communists eat dust again.

As expected, the Communist parties are biting dust along with other things in India by-polls.In the traditional communist strongholds like Kerala and West Bengal states in a clear people's verdict the main hard red...

Will Karzai's Words translate into Deeds

It is official, President Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of, to say the least, a controversial fraud ridden election.  His opponent alleged that there was ballot stuffing during the original...

Abdullah Quits, Karzai Secure, US Approves:Afghanistan

The voting drama seems to be ending in Kabul, former foreign minister and presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit the contest, scheduled this week. This move removed the hurdle from the path of Karzai. Meanwhile White House approved the move. " President Hamid Karzai...

Karzai Rival Says He Is Withdrawing From Runoff

This causes a big problem for President Obama, without an elected government Afghanistan can not be handed over.  " KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdullah Abdullah, the chief rival to President Hamid Karzai,...

GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava bows out of NY-23 race

Amid opposition from Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman, GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava has bailed out of the special house election in up-state New York.  The Assemblywoman has seen her poll numbers drop...

Afghan election goes to run-off

It is just like new born baby started prectising Kung Fu. Afghanistan is new born, So called democracy. It haven't matured yet and it started using all dirty tricks of democracy. Afghanistan will conduct its second round of elections on 2nd November, afer the UN team said...

43% Would Vote to Reelect Obama

"In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters say that they would vote to re-elect President Obama if the 2012 election were held today, down from 52 percent six months ago, from April 22-23,...

China objects Indian Prime Minister's visit to an Indian State..!

In response to Chinese "strong dissatisfaction" over Prime minister's recent trip to the Indian State Arunachal Pradesh, India informed her neighbor the following facts. *  The state Arunachal Pradesh is...

The underbelly of "progressive conservatism"

There is a backlash in the UK - and though many on the right are descending into raptures of glee because there will be a Tory government after the next election they forget - as usual, that New Labour are as far from a left-wing party as they are, maybe even a little more to...

Communists bit dust again in civic poll: Blame U.S. "conspiracy"

After 28 years holding power in the Siliguri , a developing metropolis of Indian state West Bengal which is a connecting point of rest of India to it' North eastern states, Nepal and Bhutan, the Communist parties of...

Norway Votes - Part Two - Aftermath and counting votes.

So Norway have voted for parliamentary election. The red-green government have won with 86 mandates versus the oposition of 83. The Norwegian newspaper VG (Verdens Gang) have recently published an article claiming; the opposition consisting of the parties Right and the...

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