Maldives Opposition Groups To Challenge Gayoom Re-Election Bid In Courts

"An NGO led by three former cabinet ministers is seeking international legal advice to challenge President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s re-election bid, the group said on Thursday. And the Social Liberal Party has said...

Malta's ruling Nationalists re-elected in tightest election ever

As Spain's socialists are reelected, Malta's conservative government is also kept in power in another extreemly close vote." Malta's conservative Nationalist Party, in power in the tiny Mediterranean state for most...

Pakistan's Ruling Party Concedes Defeat

Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America's close ally in the war on...

Kenyan Death Toll to Rise, Shoot To Kill Order Still Active

Continuing the extremely tense situation in Kenya this week, officials with the Red Cross fear that the number of people killed will rise if things don't change soon. The death toll is nearing 600 right now, with...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Rep. Jefferson Re-elected in Louisiana

"U.S. Rep. William Jefferson easily defeated his fellow Democratic opponent in a runoff election Saturday, despite an ongoing federal bribery investigation. In complete but unofficial returns, Jefferson, Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction, received 57...

Thoughts on a Turbulent Election

"I've lived most of my adult life in California, which has a history of relatively clean elections (except for San Francisco, back in the 50's), and so I've missed much of the cynicism that many of my peers who grew...

Audio: The Kennedy KGB Connection Updated

"Sen. Kennedy offered to help the Soviet leadership mount a media public relations campaign in the United States that would do two things. First, it would convince the American people that the Soviets intended...

Is Germany Ready for a Gay Chancellor?

"Berlin's popular gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit has become a more powerful force in German politics since he was re-elected on Sunday. Berliners like him because he embodies the city's tolerant and cosmopolitan image....

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