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...spoke to some colleagues and I wasn’t expecting such a large turnout,” Miliband said. “But there’s a thirst to hear about something...
...Denmark did precisely that in 2000 and nothing dire happened there. Persson has also been warning that Sweden won't get a second chance at joining the euro for at least a decade, hoping to defuse the argument that a no vote is really a "wait-and-see" measure. Turnout is expected to be lower than for normal elections, which should hurt the no side. The yes campaign is hoping the large number of undecided voters will come around to their position at the last minute; that's what happened when Sweden voted to join the European Union...
...city since Moorish times. "This is a homecoming for the Islamic faith," says Malik Abder Rahman Ruiz, president of the foundation that has built the mosque. "We were expelled and persecuted but we have returned, not to reconquer the country, but to resume our rightful place." The strong turnout by local and regional dignitaries at the mosque's dedication ceremony earlier this month suggests that the citizens of Granada have accepted that their city's 15,000 Muslims have as much right to a place of worship as the Christians whose churches now dominate the ancient Moorish quarter of Albaic...
...petition has filed a lawsuit alleging recall backers broke election laws while collecting signatures. The legal challenge is most likely doomed to failure, but could delay a vote until next March, when it would coincide with the state?s presidential primary, which is bound to draw a high Democratic turnout to the polls - a move that could help Davis. But by fighting the recall in court, the Governor may anger many of the voters whose support he needs...
Protesters attributed the sizable turnout of Harvard students—including many members of the Phillips Brooks House Association and the Progressive Student Labor Movement—to the direct contact members of such organizations have with the social programs cut by the new budget...