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...Mary spokesman. “This is a very close-knit community,” Whitson said. “It is certainly understandable and a healthy process for folks to express their opinions and to have the opportunity to be heard.” Summers also enjoyed widespread support from the student body even after he announced his resignation. W. Taylor Reveley III has been appointed interim president of William and Mary, according to the Board of Visitors’ statement. “He is trying to get out and talk to as many people as possible...
...still very much reflected in the fate of his Pakistan Muslim League Qaid party, a faction that split from Sharif's party after Musharraf, then a general, overthrew the then Prime Minister in a 1999 coup. If the Q party dominates the polling, Musharraf's tenure is secure. But widespread antipathy for his regime may derail his next term in power. If the opposition parties, lead by Sharif and Bhutto's widower Asif Zardari, gain enough votes, they could call for impeachment...
...suicide bombings that many feared failed to materialize but other incidents of violence left at least eight people dead according to Pakistani television news stations, with six of those in Punjab province; more than 80 people were reported injured throughout the country. Widespread concern of fresh attacks by the militant Islamists who have unleashed a wave of terror over the past year seems to have kept many Pakistanis at home. In Northwest Frontier Province, which borders the lawless tribal areas where the militants base themselves, turnout was just 20% according to election officials. Voting was higher in other parts...
While accusations of organized election fraud have been widespread, the sheer mayhem in the polling stations beggars belief that any one candidate could swing the votes in his or her favor. It is more likely, say analysts, that rigging will take place at the count, or in stations where voters are unable to visit due to security fears. The government insisted today, however, that voting was completely fair, with only minor disturbances...
...Merkel's political challenge now is to prevent the widespread anger over the tax evasion scandal from becoming a broader political crisis. In Germany, it's not necessarily enough to just throw a few corporate executives in jail and be done with it. A poll conducted earlier this month by Infratest Dimap found that 69% of Germans feel wealth in the country is unjustly distributed. And that sense could have political ramifications: polls show declining support for Germany's social market economic system. The Left has surpassed the Greens and the Free Democrats to become, with the allegiance...