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Georgia President Saakashvili concedes election defeat
World NowMikheil Saakashvili, the pro-Western president of Georgia faced with increasing protests among his people, conceded defeat after preliminary election returns showed the opposition had won control of parliament and the right to name a powerful new prime... -
Beijing car crash opens door to another scandal in China
World NowBefore dawn on March 18, a black Ferrari slammed into a concrete barrier in Beijing, killing the young male driver, badly injuring two young women and setting off yet another episode in the soap opera that has become Chinese politics. Chinese-language... -
Queen Elizabeth II is Britain's 'most familiar enigma'
LONDON — Her face is everywhere: on stamps, coins, mugs and book covers. Her likeness has just been reproduced for the 23rd time at Madame Tussauds, London's famous wax museum. More visitors come to gawp at her house than probably any other...Tags: United Kingdom, Arts, Government, London (England), Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II (2012)
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Art Callaham: Practice your right to rebel on Tuesday
From the book “Winter of the World” by Ken Follett, speaking of the ambivalence and apathy of many pre- and post-WWII Germans, Follett writes: “… those inadequate people who were so scared by life that they preferred to live under...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Germany, Nazi Party, National Government, Government
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Chinese praise a Nobel 'first' -- ignoring past winner
World NowChinese state television hailed Mo Yan as "the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature" following the announcement Thursday of the 2012 award. The report conveniently ignored Gao Xingjian, the Chinese-born French national whose 2000... -
Shadia: Dreams are coming true in Egypt
Something amazing is happening. Something I only dreamed about and thought it would always remain a dream. For the first time in Egypt's thousands of years of existence — a history marked with glory and failures — its citizens are deciding...Tags: Religion and Belief, Democracy, Elections, Politics, Arab Spring
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New exit polls in Greece show conservative New Democracy party ahead
World NowNew exit polls suggest that the conservative New Democracy party remains slightly ahead of the far-left Syriza group in Greece's parliamentary election. New Democracy pledges to work with Europe on modifying Greece's bailout agreements, whereas Syriza has... -
Initial exit polls in Greece show a dead heat
World NowThe first exit polls in Greece's election show a dead heat between the conservative New Democracy party and the far-left group Syriza. The election could determine Greece's fate in the Eurozone.... -
Winning Greek party seeks coalition partners, gets early snubs
World NowAntonis Samaras, head of the winning New Democracy party, opened talks with other parties on forming a coalition government in politically polarized Greece.... -
On anniversary, Shanghai stock market closes with a spooky echo of Tiananmen Square
Los Angeles TimesBEIJING -- The stock market played a strange trick on the Chinese Communist Party on Monday. Whether a cosmic joke or coincidence -- or as some wags suggested, an act of God -- the Shanghai stock market index fell 64.89 points on Monday, which happened...Tags: Stock Market, Wen Jiabao, Censorship, Communist Party of China, Human Rights
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Tibetans greet China's Communist Party Congress with fiery protests
World NowTibetans greeted the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress with fiery protests as a record number committed public self-immolations to mark their opposition to Chinese rule.... -
Greece's pro-euro vote spurs talk of relief on bailout conditions
World NowGlobal Focus: With mainstream politicians poised to retake control of the Athens government, Eurozone and global financial leaders have begun to signal some willingness to ease the biting pain of austerity measures that drove Greeks to the brink of...
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