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Pakistan restores 3 judges Musharraf ousted in 2007
The Associated PressPakistan's Supreme Court on Friday reinstated three judges ousted by Pervez Musharraf, cementing political divisions in the country a day before it elects a new president. Musharraf's purge of the court last year deepened his unpopularity and helped...Tags: National Government, Government, Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari, Judges
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China watches U.S. elections with bemusement
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Americans are doing it again, mystifying the masses here with their weird, weird presidential elections. To the Chinese, who are spared by the one-party communist system such complications as an electoral college and party caucuses, the spectacle...Tags: Butterfly Ballots, National Government, Government, Sarah Palin, Buddhism
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Journalists arrested at RNC
Spin CycleThe radio host and two producers of Democracy Now! were arrested as they covered a protest of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, the Washington Post reports. Amy Goodman was released after a few hours, but was still awaiting......Tags: Republican National Conventions, Washington Post Company
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Thai protesters flout premier's state of emergency
The Associated PressThailand's embattled leader struggled to keep the peace and his grip on power today after declaring a state of emergency that was openly flouted by thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital. While Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej sought to...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Government, Defense, Political Candidates, Riots
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A Georgian soldier of the Velvet Revolution
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShe's a soldier in a different kind of war. Every few months, Nini Gogiberidze is deployed abroad to teach democracy activists how to agitate for change against their autocratic governments, going everywhere from Eastern Europe to train Belarusians to...Tags: Coup d'Etat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Government, Heads of State, Defense
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Oil-rich and impoverished, Angola votes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVoters in Angola, one of Africa's biggest oil producers, will take part in parliamentary elections today for the first time in 16 years, with analysts forecasting peaceful balloting and a victory for the MPLA party, which has been in power for 33 years....Tags: National Government, Government, Heads of State, Defense, Civil Rights
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Editorials from Wisconsin newspapers
DO NOT LIMIT POLITICAL SPEECHFor advocates of free speech -- and that ought to include all Americans -- the day politicians decided it was a good idea to regulate paid messages around elections should be draped in black on the calendar. The argument is always that these ads can...Tags: National Government, Health and Safety at School, Drunk Driving, Government, Juvenile Delinquency
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Thailand protesters unmoved by emergency
Special to The TimesBangkok shopkeeper Rai Varopaspiman is dead tired. Months ago, she joined anti-government protesters and began camping outside the gates of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's administrative compound, demanding his resignation. Six days ago, the situation...Tags: Prosecution, Government, Defense, Strikes, Freedom of the Press
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SEIU president says he will seek aid from labor reform groups
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe president of the Service Employees International Union said this week that he plans to consult with two labor reform groups in an effort to clean up his scandal-stained organization, beginning with a new ethics code and an internal watchdog...Tags: Ethics, National Government, Barack Obama, Newspapers, Government
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Tensions build between Russia, West
Associated PressWestern leaders warned Russia yesterday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and Western...Tags: NATO, Society, Ceremonies, Dmitry Medvedev, Charity
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Judge dismisses group's bid for ballot proposal
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit trying to get a growth-management proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot. The suit by Florida Hometown Democracy Inc. challenged a Feb. 1 deadline for verifying petition signatures. The group's proposed state constitutional...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Judges, Constitutional Issues, Local Elections
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Taiwan's new president faces big challenges on China
Associated PressIn his first 100 days in office, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has helped arrange a series of high-profile meetings between Chinese and Taiwanese leaders, completed a historic agreement on regular flights across the Taiwan Strait and opened Taiwan's...Tags: National Government, Elections, Johns Hopkins University, Government, Political Candidates
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