Word: elections
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...punish Yasser Arafat for undermining Abbas' efforts to assert authority over the Palestinian security apparatus and crack down on militant groups like Hamas. A senior State Department official says the U.S. plans to push European and Arab leaders to cut ties with Arafat and demand that the Palestinians elect a new leader. "We don't work with Arafat," says the official. "We're not going to work with Arafat...
...Californians to elect Schwarzenegger Governor would be the equivalent of New Yorkers' electing Sylvester Stallone Governor after 9/11. Running a state the size of California is not a job one just walks into. Californians must realize what they need is not an actor but someone with the experience necessary to get the state back on track. BEN MILANO Lindenhurst...
...TIME: Gene Robinson as a bishop-elect is the straw that broke the camel's back...
...politicians may run kidnap syndicates, as one assembly member charged, the sorry state of affairs in Bihar is not solely the work of a few politicians; it is the result of the apathy of the Bihari people. They must rise above the artifice and verbosity showered upon them at election rallies, one term after the other, and elect responsible representatives. Ankur Gupta New Delhi...
...even those who want to maintain the status quo have had to adjust their positions. Consider the change in fortune for the ill-named Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the biggest pro-China political party in Hong Kong. People voted for them in the 1995 Legco elections because the handover was about to happen?ever-practical Hong Kongers didn't want to elect a combative legislature that was sure to invite a crackdown from Beijing. But these days, the people are watching what the politicians say and get mighty angry if they don't like what they...