" MANILA -- The P11.3-billion project to automate next year’s elections is back on track, just days after the winning bidders threatened to walk out on the deal. “We were able to thresh out everything,”...
A section of the leftists in the United States is blaming the Central Intelligence Agency of fomenting trouble in Iran, but other progressives are accusing their own kind of becoming apologists of the theocracy."Iran situation has left the political left in the United States...
" Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe's army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country. Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are...
Just over a week ago Michael Ignatieff made four demands in order for him to support the minority Conservative government. This ended up in a meeting between Prime Minister Harper and Michael...
Indiana University professor of Iranian Studies and specialist on Iranian history and religions, Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, thinks the situation is very grave for the Iranian people. " "I think the situation is...
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Canadian Charge d'affairs to tell him to quit medling in Iranian politics. Canada was one of many countries called to be told to quit meddling in Iranian...
A new EKOS poll is out this morning giving the Liberals a slight edge over the Conservatives if an election was called tomorrow. The poll gives the Liberals 33.7%, while the Conservatives have 32.4%. ...
A friend of mine, Siavash Mousavizadeh wrote this and asked me to post it as a summary of the last few days: "Just keep walking and don't", came a voice to my left. I was already in a state of shock but hearing...
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"Ahmadi, bye-bye, Ahmadi bye-bye", come the chants from the Green Army, shooting out peace signs with their fingers to any fellow green-clad passers-by. They may also use, "death to the dictator", or simply, "don't...
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The Iranian presidential election will take place June 12, 2009.Hardline incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fought a long and difficult campaign with former Iranian prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, a moderate who has declared intentions to bring reform to Iran....
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad has threatened to jail opposition candidates for insulting him as the hotly contested Presidential Campaign ends. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary Guard prepares for new...
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At the European Elections 2009 only 43% of the Europeans voted. Parties to the right got more parliamental chairs, left wing socialist parties lost. But the big loser of the elections seems to be the European...
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For the first time in history a member of the Pirate Party, an organization dedicated to defending the intellectual property rights of consumers and their ability to file share, has won a seat in the EU Parliament....
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By Danielle Yvette DemersThe usually bustling city of Beirut experiences a strange lull today, as Lebanese residents travel to their hometowns to vote in the much awaited Parliamentary Elections. Since polls...
"Voting in 19 EU states for Parliament The bulk of EU member states go to the polls today in the European Parliament elections. Voters in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia,...
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