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Weekly Selection/INDIA: Fundamentalist Shadow Over Republic Day
India celebrated its 49th Republic Day, Jan 26 with right-wing, Hindu fundamentalism casting a shadow over the ideals of religious secularism promised in the Constitution.MALAYSIA: Mahathir’s Sacking of Deputy Shows Who’s In Charge
Malaysia's independence day parade a few days ago did not bring so much as a smile from Anwar Ibrahim, the once powerful deputy premier and political heir to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.RIGHTS-N.IRELAND: Concern Over Demands For Security Clampdown
Human rights groups are urging British premier Tony Blair not to let a hardline security clampdown in Northern Ireland threaten human rights following Saturday's bomb blast, which left at least 28 people dead and scores wounded./REPEAT//POLITICS-INDONESIA: ‘People Power’ to Some, Mob Rule to Others
Angry residents had long resented the head of their village in Kuningan, Sidaraja, who had parceled out key public posts to his children, cousins and nephew./REPEAT//POLITICS-MEXICO: PRI Suffers Amnesia on Campaign Funding
Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party appears to be suffering amnesia over million-dollar election campaign donations from alleged embezzlers and friends of the mafia, but the opposition aims to refresh its memory.UNITED STATES: California Embraces Anti-Affirmative Action Measure
California voters' approval of a measure to outlaw preferential treatment based on race and sex in state hiring, contracting, and college admissions has prompted court action by opponents of the initiative.UNITED STATES: Green Party Campaign Passes Quietly
The Green Party's candidate for president this year was touted as the hope of leftists: a persistent critic of the nearly indentical economic and political platforms of the two major parties.UNITED STATES-ELECTIONS: Newest Citizens Take a Stand
Anti-immigration rhetoric has turned thousands of immigrants into naturalised citizens who are voting in Tuesday's elections, say "get-out-the-vote" advocates.UNITED STATES: Groups Say Bill Will Harm Asylum Seekers, Mexicans
The White House and Congress alike are happy with a new bill that intends to crack down on illegal immigration, but immigrants' rights advocates say legal immigrants, asylum seekers, and Mexicans will suffer.HAITI: New Threat of Violence Hovers over Government
Reports of a foiled plot by opponents of Haiti's government to create disorder in the country has drawn fresh attention to the country's fragile security situation.CAMBODIA: Pol Pot Still Lives, Says Foreign Minister
Pol Pot, the leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, is still alive despite reports that he died in June, Cambodian Foreign Minister Ung Huot told IPS.UNITED STATES: Church Burnings Shake Up Segregated Town
Volunteers from across the United States and as far away as Tanzania, Ireland, and Yugoslavia have arrived in this tiny town in rural, western Alabama to help rebuild three black Baptist churches.UNITED STATES: Critics See Racial Politics in Welfare Reform
When President Bill Clinton explained why the six-decade-old welfare system needed to be overhauled, he contrasted the widows who received welfare in the 1930s with welfare recipients today.UNITED STATES: Activists Move Against Right-Wing Agenda
Declaring that "those who got us into this fix are not likely to lead us out," more than 100 prominent U.S. community, labour, environmental, and civil rights activists launched the 'Campaign for America's Future' here Wednesday.BANGLADESH-POLITICS: Third Party may be Ultimate Winner
Six years after he was jailed following a popular uprising against his reign, former President Hussain Mohammed Ershad looks as if he might find himself in the driver's seat in Bangladesh again.BANGLADESH-POLITICS: More Instability Predicted After Polls
After being paralysed by political uncertainty for two years, Bangladesh finally goes to the polls Wednesday. But the elections are expected to result in a hung parliament and prolong the chaos.CANADA-POLITCS: Quebec Indians Spurn Separatists
The native population of Quebec has sent a sharp message to the French-speaking politicians who advocate the separation of the province from the rest of Canada: They reject it.CAMEROON-SPORT/POLITICS: SCORING GOVERNMENT GOALS WITH FOOTBALL
THE POPULARITY OF FOOTBALL HAS MADE IT A VALUABLE AND FREQUENTLY EXPLOITED POLITICAL TOOL IN CAMEROON SINCE 1990, WHEN THE MULTI-PARTY WIND OF CHANGE LASHED THIS CENTRAL AFRICAN COUNTRY.SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: THIRD ARMED FORCE STYMIES PEACE EFFORTS
THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW REBEL MOVEMENT IN SIERRA LEONE AND THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF FOREIGN TROOPS COULD FURTHER COMPLICATE THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY AND PROLONG THE FOUR-YEAR REBEL WAR WHICH HAS CLAIMED 10,000 LIVES.ZIMBABWE-POLITICS: MULTIPARTY POLL A NO-CONTEST BEFORE IT BEGINS
FEARS ARE GROWING THAT AS ZIMBABWE'S RULING PARTY HAS ALREADY WON A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY EVEN BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NEXT MONTH KICK OFF, MANY VOTERS WILL SHUN THE POLLS.NORTHERN IRELAND: Britain Begins Withdrawing Troops
The British government Tuesday announced the pull-out of 400 troops from Northern Ireland, signalling London's growing confidence in the peace process and fuelling the debate about who will police the region once lasting peace is achieved.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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