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Although Merkel is angry now, the timing of the news could have been worse - GM could have changed its mind before the Sept. 27 parliamentary polls. Such a move could have cost Merkel's party the election, which means she could have missed that trip to Washington to address Congress...
As the opposition movement continues, the hard-liners who took control in the aftermath of the election are closing ranks to an ever greater degree. In the weeks before the current demonstrations, the government sent a warning that it was preparing to go after the top leaders of the opposition...
We elect politicians to protect our interests. On Monday evening, Nov. 2, London's flamboyant mayor Boris Johnson spontaneously extended that remit to include the bodily protection of a woman he spotted being threatened by teenage hoodlums, one of them wielding an iron bar. Their would-be victim, Franny Armstrong...
See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election.
Denied the right to march in the streets, the opposition movement has taken advantage of days when the state allows, even encourages, large gatherings. The phenomenon of "protest by piggybacking" began just after the disputed June 12 elections, with an opposition rally timed to coincide with the yearly commemoration of...