Coup d'Etat

Gambia: Halifa Sallah's Contribution to the Debate on the Time Table

As the members of the AFPRC expressed contradictory opinions on the merits of establishing a National Consultative Committee to determine the time table to return to Democratic Constitutional Rule an intense debate unfolded.

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Herman Van Rompuy: quirky exterior conceals sharp operator

Herman Van Rompuy's quirky exterior conceals a ruthless political operator who will stop at nothing to get his way as president of the European Union. By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Belgium's PM Van Rompuy and EU Trade...

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The United States seeks to surround Chavez as it surrounded Allende

The United States, just as it did in Chile during the coup d"etat it leaded against Salvador Allende, which ended in the assassination of the Chilean president, tries now to apply the same recipe against the president of the...

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The Cloward/Piven Strategy of Economic Recovery

Using borrowed money for a band-aid bailout of the economy should seem backwards to most people. However, it likely is a planned strategy to promote radical change. Those naively believing that President Obama is simply...

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Build it and they will come: RSL's transformation

by Christopher Kamrani, Bleacher Report Updated: November 20, 2009, 3:44 PM EST It's funny how things can go from one extreme to the other. Bleacher Report is where the sports bar meets the press box, the place where...

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Defector's tale

Watch Newsnight's report in full Newsnight has spoken to two North Korean defectors about life inside the secretive Stalinist state, one of whom says that he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army before...

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Killers of 'the father of Bangladesh' likely to hang

Five ageing Bangladeshi army officers face the gallows after their death sentences were upheld in Dhaka yesterday, bringing an end to a murderous saga that has racked the nation for more than three decades.

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Honduras interim president may leave temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on election

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti said he will...

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Nigeria: Can Governors Remain in Office After Decamping? A Constitutional Inquiry

The legality of decamping governors holding on to power and office has been the subject of litigation. In a recent complaint, Federal High Court judge, Mr. Justice Adamu Bello, sitting in Zamfara, held the incumbent governor...

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Honduras interim president may take leave for vote

Honduras' interim president said Thursday he may step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. Roberto Micheletti said he will consult his advisers and those who have supported his...

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