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...Liberty Day, the anniversary of the Belarus People's Republic, an independent state, proclaimed in March 1918 and crushed by the Bolsheviks - when the opposition now plans another mass protest rally. "This regime understands only the language of the street," summed up Milinkevich, a mild-mannered scientist-turned politician, who has demanded new elections...
Hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a convoy carrying Afghan Senate leader Sibghatullah Mujaddedi in Kabul last week, killing four other people, the politician appeared on television to lay blame?not on al-Qaeda or a resurgent Taliban, but on the President of neighboring Pakistan. "Pervez Musharraf, a dishonorable person, ordered the attack," Mujaddedi thundered, an accusation that Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called "baseless...
Hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a convoy carrying Afghan Senate leader Sibghatullah Mujaddedi in Kabul last week, killing four other people, the politician appeared on television to lay blame-not on al-Qaeda or a resurgent Taliban, but on the President of neighboring Pakistan. "Pervez Musharraf, a dishonorable person, ordered the attack," Mujaddedi thundered, an accusation that Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called "baseless...
...Democratic Party.” “Even as a Democratic governor in a highly Republican state, Warner showed an uncanny ability to get a lot done—from education reform to fixing a daunting six-billion-dollar budget deficit,” Lesser said. Honoring a politician with mass appeal goes along with the Dems’ efforts to reach out to a wider audience. “Within the past year, we have grown so much as an organization and our capacity to put on events that attract a wide array of individuals...
...Patrick’s Day, we call to mind their struggle for a place in this country and honor their memory.After a while, the Irish began their slow rise to power in the urban centers of the Northeast. There wasn’t a ward boss or local politician in New York that didn’t march up Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick’s Day. So the American Irish continued to march, but this time to show their joy at gaining some measure of acceptance in their adopted land.As time passed, the oppression and persecution...