Word: boycotts
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Elections in Bangladesh can be unruly affairs: The run-up to the national poll of January 22 has already seen demonstrations, riots, soldiers on the street and the threat of a boycott by one of the two main political parties. It doesn't help that the leaders of those two parties haven't spoken to each other in years. Or that Bangladesh is one of the most corrupt countries in the world according to Transparency International. Still, last week while reporting on the elections in Bangaldesh's capital Dhaka, I came across an interesting use of technology that should help...
...next plan is to make college affordable for everyone. His idea is to get banks to award credit to students based on their potential earnings rather than their parents’ current finances. His company gained infamy in March 2005, when The Crimson wrote an editorial calling for a boycott of DormAid, arguing that use of their dorm-cleaning service was “an obvious display of wealth that would establish a perceived, if unspoken, barrier between students of different economic means.” The Crimson editorial led to a New York Times article and an interview...
...country needs the armed forces. They will continue to operate with the dedication of young men and women who recognize the value of serving to protect their nation. I suspect this number of committed recruits far exceeds the number of distant Reserve Officers’ Training Corps boycotters, crying for change but not actually caring enough to take a stake in the organization and advocate for that change. To the military, our boycott is akin to innocuous child’s play...
...fellow Shi'ites in Sadr City, where he had gone to pay condolences after a series of car bombs killed over 215 people on Thanksgiving Day. As al-Maliki left Baghdad, the Iraqi capital was wracked by continuing violence, and his key political allies were threatening to boycott parliament over his decision to meet with Bush...
...wins on December 3rd, which most polls are predicting he will, by a margin of 15% to 20%. He replied that his government didn't intentionally exclude anyone, saying it was the opposition's own fault they didn't have representation in the legislature after they organized the election boycott last year. "I ask the sectors of the opposition to assume their democratic responsibilities," he said. Many Venezuelans wish both political camps would take that advice to heart, but clearly they have a long...