Reuters: International News:
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday criticized regional officials in Russia's ruling party for failing to ensure fully democratic local elections last month.
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World-The Times of India:
The UN General Assembly human rights committee has condemned Iran for human rights violations against its citizens who protested during the highly disputed presidential elections. (Read More)
Washington Post:
JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palesti (Read More)
The Guardian:
By forcing a flawed model of democracy on Afghans, the US has made Afghanistan less stable and less democraticThe fiasco of the elections in Afghanistan has been widely lamented. Most laments focus on a single obvious fact: b (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The appointments of Herman Van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton lay bare the rot at the core of the Lisbon projectIt's not often that the front pages of the Daily Mail and the Guardian have identical headlines. Still, both newspapers (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Seems like only weeks ago that CNN was parting ways with former anchor Lou Dobbs because everyone was yelling at Dobbs to stop saying crazy birther and anti-immigrant nonsense on the teevee. Despite all that negative attentio (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged. (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
One of the loudest populist voices in the Democratic Caucus predicted on Thursday that the party may have to forcefully challenge the White House on economic matters if it wanted to hold on to power in the 2010 elections.One (Read More)
FOXNews.com:
A United Nations committee has approved a resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of disputed presidential elections. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• Algerian fans 'terrorised our supporters' claim Egypt• Iraq could be suspended by Fifa for administrative failingsEgypt has threatened to withdraw its national team from all football activities if Fifa does not take action (Read More)
Huffington Post:
This past week's elections of Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum as the Cy Young winners for their respective leagues has generated some controversy. While no one disputes the fact that these gentlemen are among the game's best p (Read More)
MSNBC:
COLORADO: Denver Post columnist Mike Rosen outlined a GOP policy platform drafted by several Republican gubernatorial candidates yesterday, calling it the “Contract for Colorado:” “The agenda [is] modeled on the winning refor (Read More)
The Guardian:
Ahead of the Senate's first major test vote on healthcare reform, the Dems who refuse to show their cards face a political paradoxOnce upon a time, I was involved in a union negotiation. Yes, I was on the union side, at the V (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The UK's constitutional jigsaw still needs to be completed, and politics looks set to become increasingly territorialIt has probably escaped the attention of all but the most assiduous Guardian reader, but this week marked an (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote.
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National Review Online:
Harry Reid offers the nation a mephitic Senate health-care bill that retains the worst features of Nancy Pelosi’s creation and adds fresh horrors of its own: It will force Americans to finance abortions and jack up some Ameri (Read More)
New York Times:
The de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, and the ousted president, Manuel Zelaya, continued their political jockeying ahead of presidential elections on Nov. 29.
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New York Times:
The de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, said he would hand over power to his cabinet ministers for a week, but he had no plans to cede power to Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted from the presidency on June 28.
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