Just In Politisite: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will reign at the end of the month Posted on July 3, 2009 by politisite UPDATE: KTUU TV in Anchorage is saying that Palin will RESIGN As Alaska...
.This may not help the crisisbut something had to bedone soon."Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, rattled by the financial crisis and widespread anti-government protests, called early national elections for May...
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens vowed to fight his Monday conviction on federal corruption charges, a verdict he attributed to "repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct." ...
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to resume their fight over legislation allowing more offshore oil drilling, in a bid to help relieve sky-high gasoline prices that are hurting the economy and infuriating voters. ...
With parliament set to reconvene on September 15, political observers are expecting an election call announcement to be made this Sunday. Speculation about an election in Canada has turned to certainty; it is no longer a matter of if the call will be made, but when. Several...
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Opinion Barry Artiste Emerson stating publicly he is stepping down from politics in the upcoming election and choosing not to run, because he hates to commute from Vancouver to Ottawa, certainly shows someone is...
The Group of Eight nations that have gathered at the G8 Summit have agreed to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe's leadership because of the violence that occured during the 're-election' of Robert Mugabe.The Group...
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"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...
A mob of Zimbabwe war veterans assaulted a convoy of American and British diplomats earlier today, beating a local staffer, slashing tires and threatening to burn the envoys.This group is a mob of often violent...
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Politisite has just learned that New York Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election. He will post the following statement on his website Tuesday.
May 20, 2008To the Constituents of the 13th Congressional...
"Police fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse dozens of supporters of President Mwai Kibaki, hours before former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was due in Kenya to mediate the deadly dispute over Kibaki's re-election.
"Kibaki is our president!" the supporters shouted in...
U.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna and her fiance, Henry Hager, will marry on May 10, People magazine reported on its Web site on Wednesday, citing two sources it did not identify.
The wedding will be held at the president's 1,600-acre (646-hectare) ranch in...
"The Kenyan government on Monday rejected a mediation mission by former United Nations chief Kofi Annan to try to end political unrest and sent a stern warning to the opposition ahead of nationwide protests.
Two weeks after President Mwai Kibaki's contested re-election...
The common theory yesterday was that they would refuse to meet with him as it would seem to legitimize his presidency, which is the main cause of clashes and battles that have taken hundreds of lives across the country since the Election on Dec. 27."Kenya's opposition leader...
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"Scores of people are reported to have been burnt to death in a church in western Kenya.
There are conflicting reports about the numbers who died with one estimate putting the death toll at 30.
However, Brother Felim Ryan, a native of Thurles in Co Tipperary but based in...