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Hong Kong Monday Protests 1 (video by The Wall Street Journal)
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Breaking News: The Liberal-National Coalition’s Tony Abbott Defeats Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Labor Party were defeated quite decisively in an election that sees the return of a Liberal-National Party coalition to power for the first time in six years. Kevin Rudd’s defeat comes months after challenging former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the leadership of the Labor Party. Liberal […]
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Assassination Attempt on Bulgarian Politician Ahmed Dogan Fails
- January 19, 2013
- 2013
- Ahmed Dogan
- Assassination attempt
- Bulgaria
- Bulgarian
- Bulgarian Interior Minister
- Bulgarian President
- capital
- Democracy
- democratic society
- ethnic minorities
- Europe
- failed assassination attempt
- Film
- gunman
- January 19
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms
- MRF
- Muslims
- party congress
- politician
- politics
- Rosnen Plevneliev
- Sofia
- tape
- Tsvetan Tsvetanov
- Turkish people
- Turks
- video footage
While speaking at a party congress in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, Ahmed Dogan, leader of the ethnic Turkish political party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, narrowly escaped an assassin’s gun in a dramatic event captured on video today. The armed man was then wrestled to the ground by security guards as well as Dogan himself. Bulgarian Interior Minister […]
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s Inauguration Postponed
After more than 14 years in office in Venezuela, there is no doubt that Hugo Chavez transformed the country in profound ways – from improving access to education, increasing government welfare for the poor, to more political engagement by Venezuelans and increased funding for sports and cultural projects. The longest-running, democratically elected president in South America, Hugo Chavez’s firebrand mix of populism and […]
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Protestors in Guangzhou Decry the People’s Republic of China’s Strict Censorship Laws
Protests in the Chinese state of Guangzhou have erupted after a New Year’s editorial in the newspaper Southern Weekend was censored and transformed into a more pro-Communist Party of China message than the reformist manifesto it was prior to censorship. The editorial apparently exhorted the government in Beijing to enforce the rights guaranteed to the Chinese […]
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Pakistanis and Russians Prefer ‘Strong Leaders’ According to New Poll by the Pew Research Center
Pew interviewed people in 7 different countries and asked participants whether he or she would prefer a strong leader or a democratic form of government. The preference for a ‘strong leader’ over a democratic form of government was found in only two of the seven countries surveyed, Russia and Pakistan. Overall, the poll results correspond […]
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Says Pussy Riot Should Not Be In Jail
In a direct contradiction to Russian President Vladmir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the jailed punk band Pussy Riot should be freed. The members of Pussy Riot, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, were sentenced to two years in jail by a Russian court for subversion and ‘hooliganism’ motivated by religious hatred. The case focused […]
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To Their Surprise, the Russian Opposition Wins Seats After the Election
Even though the post-election discussions center on Vladimir Putin’s hold over electoral politics in modern Russia and whether this is healthy, some in the opposition now find themselves in power after winning local elections. Now, with real power in hand, how will the opposition transition its message into practical policies at a grass-roots level? In […]
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