Complete withdrawal of US from Iraq is prerequisite for a free country. (Zoriah.net)
By Nicola Nasser – West Bank
Nowhere it is more obvious than in Iraq that the existence of an election law, elections themselves and the constitution they are based on are not indicators of democracy [...]
Abbas does not want a second term in office due to frustrations with Israel and the US
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has extended the mandates of both president Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas-dominated parliament until new elections are held.
The decision was made by PLO's' [...]
In addition to not fixing the state’s budget deficit Tuesday, the General Assembly also didn’t address Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell proposal to repair the state’s public campaign finance system.
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Bedouins have to live in makeshift housing without electricity or water because the Israeli authorities do not officially recognise their communities in the Negrev desert. Ariel Schalit / AP
December 07. 2009
By Jonathan Cook
NAZARETH, ISRAEL // About 35,000 Bedouin residents of Israel’s southern Negev [...]
Morales enjoys a 60 per cent approval rating, much of which comes from Bolivia's indigenous majority [EPA]
Voters in Bolivia are preparing to head to the polls for presidential and congressional elections with Evo Morales, the nation's first indigenous president, expected to win a second term in [...]
After an "unbelievable" closed-door session, the New Haven Democracy Fund slapped a $500 fine on the mayor's campaign for a late filing. Then it gave him a pass for "flying in the face of" the spirit of the clean elections law by moving cash [...] Continuing in disarray, the Palestinian arena appears locked between warring factions, delayed elections and a moribund peace process with Israel, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah
Having discovered -- rather belatedly -- the futility of open- ended peace talks with Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership is contemplating taking a number of [...]
