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...Hong Kong's democracy movement crested in 2003, when SARS, a steep economic downturn, and a controversial security law galvanized massive street protests. Since then, the pro-democracy parties have fractured and their influence has waned. Sunday's turnout of 45% was down almost 11% from 2004. "There's a little sense of political impotence and apathy," says the Civic Party's Cheng, who is also a political science professor at City University of Hong Kong...
Germany's venerable Social Democratic Party (SPD) has become one of the oldest political parties in Europe through a long history of often fruitful internecine battles. But the leadership putsch it underwent on Sunday seemed evidence of weakness rather than a push towards new vitality...
Israel top police officers on Sunday said there was evidence to indict Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for alleged fraud and bribery. The police decision caps months of political turmoil and drama that have marred Olmert's tenure as prime minister, stalling peace talks with the Palestinians and, more recently, the Syrians. The police will now pass on their recommendation to the country's attorney general who will decide whether to prosecute Israel's beleaguered and unpopular leader...
...when Hirst is not good? He's still a cash cow. Over the past two decades, with work of very fluctuating quality, Hirst has assembled a net worth that the Sunday Times of London estimated earlier this year at $364 million. The money has bought him a farm in Devon where he lives with his companion Maia Norman and their three sons; a Gothic Revival mansion that he plans to convert into a private museum; and a house in Mexico where the family relocates for three months a year so Maia, who's Californian, can surf. When...
...Obama's visit came in a campaign notable for candidates avoiding various media. Most Democratic candidates, including Obama, largely shunned Fox during the primaries. (Obama has gone on Fox News Sunday.) John McCain canceled on Larry King earlier this week to punish CNN for Campbell Brown's having dared to ask a McCain aide too many follow-up questions about Sarah Palin's foreign policy credentials. And Palin, thus far, has been avoiding all national media interviews, save one with People magazine...