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...Chill out, and let everybody have their say. We're going to win this election.' BILL CLINTON, urging Democrats to allow the U.S. primary process to play out, in a speech at California's Democratic Party convention...
...African governments have taken freedom of speech and fair elections more seriously recently. Most notably, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria was forced out last year when his term was up. At the same time, continent-wide reforms have improved governance. At the end of the last century, African rulers, led by Mbeki and South Africa, began to commit to the rule of law, human rights, and free and fair elections. The Organisation of African Unity, little more than a club for dictators, was reconstituted as the African Union, with aspirations to rule Africa better and a mandate to intervene...
...still has to appear before the investigating tribunal to answer more questions about what he admits were "unusual" financial arrangements. But, provided he gets through that, his legacy as a transformational leader is secure. Nor should anyone assume he's finished on the political stage. Minutes after his resignation speech, bets were being laid in Dublin that the next president of the European Union will be known as Bertie...
...relentless in her preparation and she’s relentless in her performance,” Crimson coach Katey Stone said. “She’s such a competitor.”Vaillancourt thanked her coaches, teammates, and parents in a teary-eyed acceptance speech on March 21 during the award ceremony at the Radisson Hotel Duluth-Harborview’s banquet hall in Duluth, Minn., emceed by former Harvard defenseman and fellow Kazmaier recipient Angela Ruggiero ’04.“I’m emotional because I know how this award is not just...
...Dutch judge is expected to rule Friday on a petition filed by the Netherlands Islamic Federation that wants a ruling saying the film violates Dutch hate speech laws. The group is also seeking fines for every day the film is aired. But according to Houtzager, the film appears to fall within the boundaries of the law. "Obviously it brings forth negative aspects of the religion of Islam, but it doesn't specifically focus on the group of Muslims in the Netherlands...