Word: democratization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...thought the election ended back in November--Wrong! For those students from the great state of Minnesota the election has yet to end. You may have heard about the MN senate race. You know, the former funnyman (and Harvard grad!) versus the former Democrat. You probably just thought to yourself…oh silly Minnesota. Well, today judges have declared Alan S. Franken '73 the new senator, but knowing Minnesota, the drama isn't over...
...still a ways off. "The last few months have not been so hot for us, but our guys understand that, and they are working on a way out of it," says Ron Bonjean, a strategist for the GOP's House and Senate leadership. After losing the House in 1994, Democrats took more than a decade to form an effective opposition; even with the advantage of a Democrat in the White House until 2001, Bonjean notes, they were unable to present a united front until President George W. Bush's second term. "We'll know the GOP is firing...
...Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, says U.S. authorities should cooperate fully in any British investigation. "If there were violations of treaties or domestic law, that has to be revealed. That's my position and it's shared by other members of Congress," says Delahunt, a Democrat. "Obviously given the special relationship [between the U.S. and the U.K.] and given the fact that our security services often times work together, if there is information it ought to be made available to the British authorities...
...Ministers. Yet any implication of political maneuvering within the royal circle is incendiary in a nation where many practically deify the throne. One of Thaksin's lieutenants has already been charged with lèse-majesté, punishable in Thailand by up to 15 years in jail. The ruling Democrat Party has vowed to root out antimonarchy material on the Internet and has banned thousands of Web pages deemed offensive to the royal family. (Read a TIME Q&A with Thaksin...
...Asian Nations summit held at a beach resort near Bangkok, forcing some world leaders to evacuate the premises by helicopter. The conference was hastily canceled. "Even if [the government] manages to end the protest, it will not be the end," said Kraisak Choonhavan, a prominent member of the ruling Democrat Party. "The divisions are too deep ... This conflict is going to go on for a long time...