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Ghana election
Africa   Democracy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Ghana  
 Joy Online 
Deepening Democratic Governance in Ghana: A Case for Electing MMDCE - Part 1
Critique of the Status Quo: Advantages and Problems with Appointing MMDCEs | It is important to mention that both the challenges and rewards from the current structural organization of the local gover... (photo: AP / Gabriela Barnuevo)
South Korea US NSA Surveillance
Photos   Politics   US   Washington   Wikipedia: National Security Agency  
 CounterPunch 
A Social History of Wiretaps
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent.  Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by e... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Denmark's Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt looks up as she talks with journalists during an EU Budget summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. European Union leaders braced for all-night negotiations in Brussels to try and strike a deal on EU spending for the next seven years, especially after the summit start was delayed by hours.  Swissinfo 
Danish PM to announce govt reshuffle amid falling support -TV
  | Reuters | August 9, 2013 - 07:14 | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister will announce a government reshuffle on Friday, TV2 News said, in a bid to turn around a steady drop in opin... (photo: AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Coalition   Danish   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Helle Thorning-Schmidt  
Japan's Prime Minster Naoto Kan speaks durina a press conference at Kan's official residence in Tokyo, Friday, July 29, 2011.  Swissinfo 
Prosecutors unlikely to indict ex-Japan PM over Fukushima-media
  | Reuters | August 9, 2013 - 05:21 | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese prosecutors are unlikely to indict former prime minister Naoto Kan, utility executives or regulators over their handling of the 2... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Court   Nuclear   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster  
Top Stories
** FILE ** In this May 31, 2008, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., campaigns at a town hall-style meeting in Aberdeen, S.D. The principle that all men are created equal has never been more than a remote eventuality in the quest for the United States presidency. Huffington Post
The Russian Meeting
It's easy to applaud President Obama's decision to cancel the Moscow summit. How Russia acted in reference to Snowden affair was both inexcusable and set a new high for h... (photo: AP / Chris Carlson, File)
Business   Moscow   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Pakistani's carry an injured police officer from the site of a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Swissinfo
Suicide bomber kills 30 at policeman's funeral in Pakistan
  | Reuters | August 8, 2013 - 15:41 | By Gul Yusufzai | QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 30 people at the funeral of a policeman in Pakistan on ... (photo: AP / Arshad Butt)
Crime   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Terrorism in Pakistan  
Der aegyptische Praesident Mohammed Mursi sitzt im Ittihadiya-Palast, dem Amtssitz des Praesidenten, in Heliopolis, einem Stadtteil von Kairo Swissinfo
Egypt Islamists stage Eid protests after military holds back
Arab Spring | Reuters | August 8, 2013 - 09:37 | By Maggie Fick and Yasmine Saleh | CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi began... (photo: AP / Maja Hitij/dapd)
Egypt   Islamists   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Mohamed Morsi  
INDIA-GORKHALAND-DEMOSTRATION The New York Times
The Battles for Gorkhaland
KOLKATA, West Bengal— Mangal Singh Rajput, a 45-year-old father of two, died in a hospital in Siliguri, West Bengal, on Aug. 3, three days after he set himself on fire ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Bengal   Kolkata   Photos   Siliguri   Wikipedia: Gorkhaland  
In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reviews honor guards during an arrival ceremony for his U.S. counterpart at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo. Asia Times
The Middle East's newest strongman
By Emad Mekay | BERKELEY - Before an ultimatum to attack an anti-coup sit-in earlier this week, Egypt's new strongman and coup leader General Abdel Fatah al-Sisi received... (photo: AP / Jim Watson)
Egypt   Human Rights   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état  
U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama arrive for the Chicago 2016 bid presentation at the 121st International Olympic Committee session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote on Friday in Copenhagen. Zeenews
Barack Obama greets Muslims on Eid al-Fitr
Washington: US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle on Thursday sent their warmest greetings to Muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr around the world, calling it "pa... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen)
Culture   Islam   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Eid al-Fitr  
Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, reacts to a joke about Valentine's Day during a brief news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Deutsche Welle
Ashton and Kerry make EU-US call for end to Egypt 'stalemate'
A joint plea from both Washington and Brussels has been issued, urging the interim government in Egypt to avoid political polarization. Cairo has blamed the Islamist Musl... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Cairo   Peace   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2013 Egyptian coup d'état  
Politics United Nations
- Visa window gives tourists a welcome view
- Stoush looms over famous market
- Illegal kiwifruit pulled out ... a year later
- Dollars and cents trump all poll issues
FILE - This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking in Miami. Bush is reiterating that he won't join Mitt Romney on the GOP presidential ticket. Bush says no one's asked him to submit personal documents to the team picking Romney's vice presidential nominee. He also says he's certain he won't be asked, either. Bush says he backs his friend and fellow Floridian, Sen. Marco Rubio.
Jeb Bush backs new school standards, choices
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- NJ National Guard unit prepares to deploy
- NJ National Guard unit prepares to deploy
- NJ National Guard unit prepares to deploy
- NJ National Guard unit prepares to deploy
Female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone.
UN Says 30 Million African Girls Face Genital Mutilation
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Elections Education
- Challenge filed to election result in Zimbabwe
- Early election will lead to spike in business confidence
- Massive errors in Zimbabwe election 'farce'
- The Labor Party does not deserve to be re-elected
Movement For Democratic Change(MDC) spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora, centre, addresses the media outside the Constitutional Court in Harare, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Morgan Tsvangirai represented by his lawyer Chris Mhike made application in the Constitutional Court challenging the results of the presidential elections which saw President elect, Robert Mugabe receiving more than 60 percent of the vote with his main challenger Morgan Tsvangirai declaring the election null and void.
Zimbabwe opposition files poll challenge
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- McKinney ISD hosts parent education classes
- >Rich Dad Education to Hold Investor Training Symposium in N
- FG Offers Scholarship to 36 Niger Delta Youth to Study in U.
- School Attendance Up At Opuwo
FILE - This Jan. 26, 2012 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaking in Miami. Bush is reiterating that he won't join Mitt Romney on the GOP presidential ticket. Bush says no one's asked him to submit personal documents to the team picking Romney's vice presidential nominee. He also says he's certain he won't be asked, either. Bush says he backs his friend and fellow Floridian, Sen. Marco Rubio.
Jeb Bush backs new school standards, choices
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Human Rights Racism & Discrimination
- Rebuilding Liberia: An unexpected journey into rural Liberia
- A radical rethinking of the peace process
- The Middle East's newest strongman
- Bihar, India and Gandhian Sacraments
Monrovia
Rebuilding Liberia: An unexpected journey into rural Liberia to report on women's issues
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- Swiss tourism’s sorry to Oprah over racism
- Analysis: How are people feeling about 'Big Brother'
- Swiss Store Denies Racism Following Opray Winfrey Handbag Co
- Oprah Winfrey accuses Zurich boutique of racism
In this file photo taken on June 19 2013, Italian Integration Minister Cecile Kashetu Kyenge listens to a question during a press conference at the Foreign Press Club in Rome.
Musings on Italy's Racism and Banana Republics
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Labor Affairs Societies
- Rudd revival stalls as he fails to boost votes for Labor in
- Good government suspended on Labor's watch
- The Labor Party does not deserve to be re-elected
- Sen. Wendy Davis: Decision on Texas governor's race by
AT&T National Practice Round June 26, 2012
Hunter Mahan Withdraws As Wife Goes Into Labor Early
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- Civil Society Leader Arrested, Attacked
- Towering above the rest
- Usual exchange of sweets for Eid along LoC cancelled as peop
- 'We all need to live together': Assam CM Gogoi
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the 10th Convocation of Tripura Central University on June 20, 2013.
President Mukherjee to host reception for freedom fighters on Aug.9
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