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...term, his candidacy could have changed today’s political landscape in the United States. Similarly, if British Prime Minister Tony Blair had the same term limits as President Clinton, Blunkett said that the Labour Party might have had a tougher time securing a majority in the British Parliament...
...this, Blunkett said, calls for security intelligence and surveillance—for laws to be passed through democratic institutions like Congress and Parliament. Citing British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s speech last Friday, Blunkett said that times and enemies are different...
There was little surprise when Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last week dissolved Parliament and called a general election. Nor is the outcome of the March 21 vote much of a cliffhanger: most analysts predict that Abdullah's ruling National Front coalition will comfortably retain its two-thirds majority in Parliament. But the man who succeeded long-serving former PM Mahathir Mohamad last November has shown he intends big changes after the election...
...yellow election campaign posters flashing daisy flowers with the slogan "Progress is not only our dream, it's our plan!" this new coalition including some old-time conservatives loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini won a landslide victory. Although some 58 of the 290 seats in the majlis (parliament) remain to be filled, the Abadgaran have already secured an unprecedented 25 of Tehran's 30 constituencies. Its upbeat campaign and a ticket listing little-known professionals, the Developers? promises to pursue social and economic improvements within the Islamic-Iranian framework appeared to have convinced a majority of those...
...Alexandre has reason to be ill at ease. Haiti?s political institutions, including the national parliament, have been switched off for months; the contingent of some 100 U.S. Marines flown in by President Bush Sunday night have been ordered only to guard key facilities, such as the Port-au-Prince airport and presidential palace, and national security consists of a few hundred guerrillas-along with a few thousand cops who belong to one of the Caribbean?s most threadbare police forces. ?This is not the way things were supposed to be once we were rid of Aristide,? said businessman Jean...