Election 2008
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The Conscience of Kansas Radio Program: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Terrorist Trial Space for Rent?
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull YesterdayThe future of the public trial of suspected 9/11 mastermindKhalid Sheikh Mohammed is now in question. It could be said that the Obama administration's "It's on, it's off, maybe, I don't know?" If this president did not have to be commander-in-chief, an ample portion of Obama'sand the nation's woes might very well be mitigated. Right out of the 2008 election gate, Barack Obama has been working to accomplish the impossible task of maintaining public support while being an anti-war president in… Full Story »
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NARAL PAC Announces New Round of Endorsements
Roll Call - Politics &bull Mar 11, 2010
The political action committee for NARAL Pro-Choice America, the abortion-rights group, announced a new round of endorsements on Thursday, bringing the total number of Congressional candidates it is supporting this cycle to 12. On the House side, NARAL is supporting… Full Story »
David S. Sorenson - An Introduction to the Modern Middle East: History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics
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America can only be Right: Heritage's 2009 Index of Dependence on Government
Townhall.com - User Blogs &bull Mar 10, 2010Abstract:Despite the famed 1996 Welfare Reform Act and the more recent welfare adjustments in 2006, 60.8 million Americans remain dependent on the government for their daily housing, food, and health care. The number of taxpayers is shrinking--and the country may… Full Story »
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Brazil's Silva: A Rousseff Win Would KO Machismo
Pure Horserace (CBS News) &bull Mar 10, 2010
He rejected criticism that she isn't qualified because she has never been elected to office." If Dilma wasn't capable, if she had problems, I wouldn't have proposed Dilma," Silva said in an interview. Rousseff, 62, was a Marxist as a… Full Story »
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The 1960s: A Decade of Promise and Heartbreak
U.S. News & World Report &bull Mar 9, 2010
There will be many 50-year anniversaries to mark significant events of the 1960s, and a big reason is that what happened in that remarkable era still resonates today. At the dawn of that decade of contrasts a half century ago-on Jan.… Full Story »
Nicholas Van De Walle - African Economies and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, 1979-1999
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Togo's Opposition Leader: Police Seize Vote Fraud Evidence
Voice of America &bull Mar 9, 2010
Togo's opposition leader claims security forces have seized materials his party intended to use to challenge the results of the country's presidential election. Riot police blocked a march to protest official election returns indicating the president's re-election. Police fired tear-gas… Full Story »
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Police Block Togo Opposition March
Voice of America &bull Mar 9, 2010
Riot police Tuesday blocked Togo's main opposition candidate from leading a march to protest results from last week's presidential election. Those results indicate that Togo's president has won re-election. Riot police prevented opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre from meeting up with… Full Story »
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Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike
Seattle Times &bull Mar 9, 2010
Former army chief Sarath Fonseka was arrested a month ago, accused of sedition, after he lost a January presidential election to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The activists and supporters of Fonseka-led Democratic National Alliance held a protest rally on Monday,… Full Story »
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New York deja vu all over again
Politico.com &bull Mar 9, 2010
Eric Massa, democratic candidate for New York's 29th Congressional District, talks with supporters before accepting the endorsement of The Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee in Rochester, N.Y., Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. Upstate New York voters may be experiencing… Full Story »
Robert H. Bates - Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade
sponsored listing • Shopping.comIn Open-Economy Politics, Robert Bates explores the origins, the operations, and the collapse of the International Coffee Organization, an international "government of coffee" that was formed in the 1960s. In so doing, he addresses key issues in international political economy and comparative politics...Full Story »
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Snark of the Day: Jeffrey Sauger
BitsBlog &bull Mar 8, 2010
It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into his rule, it is for different reasons. Full Story »
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Togo Opposition: Election Rigged, Promises Protests
Voice of America &bull Mar 8, 2010
Togo's main opposition party says it will contest results announced by the electoral commission that indicate the country's president has won re-election. According to provisional results announced late Saturday by the electoral commission, President Faure Gnassingbe won more than 60 percent of Thursday's ballots, securing his re-election with more than 1.2 million votes. A presidential supporter in the capital, Lome, says they are celebrating… Full Story »
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Guinea sets June 27 presidential election date
Seattle Times &bull Mar 8, 2010
It could be the nation's first democratic vote, as a coup leader grabbed in power in 2008 and the nation had previously been led by two dictators since gaining independence from France. Full Story »
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Ethics Panel Probed Lightly Into PMA
Roll Call - News &bull Mar 8, 2010
But Roll Call has been unable to locate a single Member of Congress or company that was interviewed or asked for documents by the ethics committee, and a variety of sources said they believe that the committee did virtually no… Full Story »
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Public Opinion Snapshot: The Progressive Millennial Generation
Center for American Progress &bull Mar 8, 2010
The 2008 election was the first in which the 18- to 29-year-old age group was drawn exclusively from the Millennial Generation (birth years 1978-2000), and they voted for Barack Obama by a 34-point margin, 66 percent to 32 percent, compared… Full Story »
Passions in Economy, Politics, And the Media: In Discussion With Christian Theology
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Sri Lankan opposition leader on hunger strike
Seattle Times &bull Mar 7, 2010
Sarath Fonseka, the former army chief, was arrested a month ago after he lost a January presidential election to incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Full Story »
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Rove admits Bush policy mistakes
BBC News - Americas &bull Mar 7, 2010
He said the president did not knowingly mislead the American public about the existence of WMDs, and described the 2003 invasion as a justifiable response to the terror attacks of 9/11. Mr Rove was the chief strategist in President Bush's… Full Story »
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President Gnassingbe Has Early Lead in Togo Vote
Voice of America &bull Mar 6, 2010
Election officials in Togo say President Faure Gnassingbe has an early lead in the presidential race, but opposition leaders say they suspect the vote has been rigged. Togo's electoral agency says President Gnassingbe is ahead with more than half the… Full Story »
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Togo Opposition, Ruling Party Both Declare Victory in Presidential Vote
Voice of America &bull Mar 6, 2010
Togo's main opposition candidate and its ruling-party are both declaring victory in Thursday's presidential election as vote counting continues. Opposition candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre says Thursday's vote was full of irregularities, but he remains confident of victory. Fabre told reporters in… Full Story »
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Lila Nordstrom: The Next March To Freedom
Huffington Post &bull Mar 5, 2010
America has a new group among the marginalized. I'm not talking about people of any particular race, creed, sexual orientation, or gender. I'm speaking of the victims of corporate intolerance, the primacy of profit, and the corrupt politics of health care; Americans with pre-existing conditions. From victims heart disease to eczema, genetic disorders, to even minor ear infections, we're here, we're not profit-friendly, and thanks to governmental gridlock, we're screwed. It looks like it's going to be a… Full Story »
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Threats after Kenya's vote violence derail justice
Seattle Times &bull Mar 5, 2010
The group said threats against witnesses and victims of postelection violence have been on the rise since International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo began investigating Kenyan violence. More than 1,000 people were killed in the weeks following the… Full Story »
