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...Free and fair elections do not seem possible.' NAWAZ SHARIF, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, who joined with Benazir Bhutto, also a former Prime Minister, to call for a possible election boycott...
...Investments by SWFs can be politically risky, too. In 2006, Temasek Holdings, an investment arm of the Singapore government, bought Shin Corp., Thailand's major telecommunications company, for $3.8 billion from the family of Thaksin Shinawatra, who at the time was Thailand's Prime Minister. Public outrage in Thailand over the sale of what was considered an important national asset to a Southeast Asia rival contributed to Thaksin's ouster as Prime Minister in a military coup in September...
...Twice elected and twice disgraced, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned from self-imposed exile and was in cahoots with Musharraf in hopes of again becoming Prime Minister. Musharraf even agreed to drop corruption charges against her. But the plan has backfired, and Bhutto is now deriding Musharraf and proclaiming slogans of democracy. The opportunistic Benazir Bhutto doesn't care one hoot about Pakistan. She is only hungry for power. Lochan Bakshi, Edmonton, Canada...
...John Howard worked tirelessly as an M.P. for 33 years and our Prime Minister for almost 12. His list of achievements far outweighed his mistakes. While the far left will be celebtrating his defeat for months, the fact is that he lost because Australians wanted a change and Kevin Rudd campaigned brilliantly, offering a low-risk "me too" alternative but with sharp differences from unpopular Howard policies, particularly industrial relations, where his campaign was helped by a multimillion-dollar campaign by the trade union movement. Howard will be remembered as an outstanding PM who ultimately outstayed his welcome. Good luck...
...your story on Kevin Rudd: he's a goose who lives in "Brissie," calls children kids and youngsters littlies. He eats his own ear wax, and now he is on your cover. Let's hope that as Australian Prime Minister he will not be the nerd he has proven to be so far, and that we won't cringe every time he appears in public the way we did with his Labor predecessor, Paul Keating. Martin Bellm, Rowville, Victoria...