Truemors
Honduran coup general says army "saved democracy"
" General Romeo Vasquez Velasquez, leader of the joint chiefs of staff, told Reuters it was a difficult decision for him to topple Zelaya on June 28, because the two were friends. But he said he was following... 
Aussie James McGrath targeted in Maldives poll
"THE first free election in the history of the Maldives might or might not topple Asia's longest-serving dictator, but it has already thrust Australian political strategist James McGrath back into the spotlight, a...
G.O.P. Facing Tougher Battle for Congress
"WASHINGTON — The economic upheaval is threatening to topple Republican Congressional candidates, putting more Senate and House seats within Democratic reach less than a month before the elections, lawmakers and...
Back seat lovers survive cliff plunge
"Two lovers ended up in hospital in Taiwan after their car plunged 150ft down a cliff face as they made love in the back seat. Lin Gu, 25, and lover Lee Shin, 29, were left with broken bones and bruises after...
Hanging crackdown in Iran
"Surge in public executions is a push to silence political activists, say critics Robert Tait in Tehran Sunday August 19, 2007 The Observer Nikoubazl/Reuters Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month...
An Ambitious Politician, Hyppocrits, Bad PR and Good Laughs
Some weeks ago, I reported on a scandal within the ultra-conservative CSU, eternally governing party in the German state of Bavaria and probably the most hypocritical organization in Germany.At the time, Gabriele Pauli, a forty-something career politician who had gotten...
MDC: Zim Government Instigated Public Violence
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change claims that Robert Mugabe's government has instigated the violence with which the MDC is blamed. Currently Mugabe runs Zim with an iron fist, but cracks are beginning to appear in his armor. "Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for...
MP'S BID TO TOPPLE IRON LADY STATUE
JARROW MP Stephen Hepburn has launched a campaign to quite literally topple former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Hizbollah shuts down Lebanon
" BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah-led protesters paralyzed Lebanon Tuesday by burning tires and cars on major thoroughfares in and around the capital to enforce a general strike that aims to topple the...
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Fiji Army Sets Up Road Blocks in Suva, Disarms Police
"Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Fiji's army set up road blocks in the capital, Suva, and seized weapons from the country's only armed police unit after the military commander threatened to stage a coup against the government. Soldiers deployed in the city today, Pene Nonu, a spokesman...
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Threats force police chief to flee Fiji [possible military coup]
"AUSTRALIAN Andrew Hughes, Fiji's Police Commissioner, was forced to flee the troubled Pacific nation amid "serious and specific" death threats to himself and his family. Mr Hughes, his wife, Vicki, and two sons...
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Al-Qaida threatens to topple Lebanon govt. (AP)
" BEIRUT, Lebanon - Al-Qaida has purportedly issued a statement threatening to topple Lebanon's "corrupt" Western-backed government, according to a London-based Arabic newspaper Monday. The Al-Hayat newspaper reported that al-Qaida issued the statement from the Palestinian...
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Where Date Palms Grow [blog]
by Zappy, Baghdad, Iraq.
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