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...freely and mostly fairly and has ended in a result that reflects voters' wishes. "All the King's men are gone, the King's party has been reduced to ashes and the King's fate is in the hands of the next parliament, which will be strong enough to strip him of his extraordinary powers or impeach him if it so chooses," wrote the editor of Lahore's influential Daily Times Najam Sethi, reflecting the surprise many Pakistanis feel. "So let us give the devil his due, even though he went about it in a particularly devilish...
...record no other president would envy,” said Robert G. Marshall of the Virginia House of Delegates. “He should’ve resigned a long time ago.” Marshall spearheaded the effort among members of the House of Delegates to strip Nichol of the state-funded portion of his salary. In his letter of resignation, Nichol explicitly addressed the controversies of his tenure, including his removal in October 2006 of a Christian cross from the college’s Wren Chapel, which hosts secular events as well as Christian services...
...presidential election will be a contest between a Democrat and a Republican; for the United States to be fairly considered a democracy, the selection of the parties’ nominees must obey democratic principles as well. We recognize, however, that altering this year’s nomination rules to strip superdelegates of their power would be impractical, unjust, and dishonest toward the candidates who have invested months and years developing strategies to fit them. Moreover, it would further undermine the Democratic National Committee’s authority in an election cycle that has already strained its relationship with state parties...
...face Macau shows to the world today may be its 29 sparkling casinos, but one of the last links with the city's gambling past can still be found two miles away from the main strip, in a plastic reproduction of Rome's Coliseum that stands out amid the dowdy surroundings of its working-class neighborhood. Inside, six sinewy greyhounds stand shivering on an oval race track, waiting for a mud-stained mechanical rabbit to give them something to chase. Even on this Saturday night, most of the red plastic seats at the Yat Yuen Canidrome remain empty. "Before, when...
...screens across Europe. It stars French cinema royalty Alain Delon and Gérard Depardieu as well as sports icons like soccer god Zinédine Zidane, basketball wizard Tony Parker and motor-racing legend Michael Schumacher. But the undisputed star of the show is the feisty, moustachioed comic strip hero upon whose adventures the movie is based: Asterix...