Word: statehooder
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...political class for years now - had almost nothing to vote for. The party didn't even have any candidates running in two statewide races and two ward elections. Only 7.7% of D.C. Republicans turned out Tuesday, dragging down the overall figure (Democrats saw about 35% turnout, while the tiny Statehood Green Party got 10% of its 5,000 voters...
...former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn's appointment by the international community to help lay the economic foundations of Palestinian statehood was an expression of optimism in the prospects for peace following Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last year, then his resignation last Sunday should sound an alarm. Trained as a banker rather than a diplomat, former World Bank chief Wolfensohn didn't mince words about his reasons for stepping down. He said the current U.S.-Israeli financial blockade of the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority looks set to destroy the administrative institutions on which a two-state solution would...
...Fayad didn't need to spell out the rest. Getting the pepper crop to market may have been as important for the Secretary of State as it was for Palestinian farmers: She considers a stable, self-sustaining Palestinian economy a cornerstone of the prospects for achieving peace via Palestinian statehood, and until other industries took root, Gaza's harvest would be a key component of the local economy...
...plot in its two lurching, painful hours. This movie is like a bottle of Jägermeister: painful on the way down, dizzying once it’s in you, and awful for your liver. The film opens as Zorro (Antonio Banderas) safeguards a vote on California statehood from a gang of mercenaries. But wait! Suddenly, Zorro is quarrelling with his wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones) about their son. And, oh my! Two suspicious men are shadowing Elena to find out “her husband’s secrets!” Such suspense! Wouldn?...
...Kingdom in Chaos Thank you for your comprehensive coverage of my home nation, Nepal?its failing statehood, the Maoist violence and King Gyanendra's political ambitions [April 25]. The so-called People's War of the Maoists to liberate the Nepalis from centuries of backwardness, combined with Gyanendra's seizing power, has succeeded in sentencing Nepalese democracy to a premature death. The mainstream political parties that represented the people in democratic elections have been effectively eliminated. Sadly, the people of Nepal are being held at gunpoint by both the Maoist rebels and the King's army. The political-party leaders...