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• Burton-on-Trent BNP Announces its Parliamentary Candidate

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 608
  The British National Party’s Alan Hewitt will be contesting the parliamentary seat of Burton at the next election, it was announced at a packed meeting held this week in the town. “I intend to mount a full scale challenge to the Labour Party at the next election,” Mr Hewitt said. “It is about time that the ...
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• Samoa’s Tsunami-Damaged Resorts To Be Helped by New Zealand $4 million

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 146
  The latest report from Samoa Government shows New Zealand $4 million donation to Samoa post tsunami is intended for the redevelopment of tourist resorts damaged in the tsunami of Tuesday 29th September 2009.
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• Does the U.S. Still Promote Democracy?

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  POMED’s own Stephen McInerney has published an op-ed for The Daily Star questioning whether the United States has “turned its back on democracy” in the Middle East. According to McInerney, the evidence is mixed. While democracy rhetoric was notably absent early in the administration, President Obama has ...
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• Obama’s plan for Afghanistan full of military bravado, empty of substance

  
  International Political Will — Authority: 107
  I wonder how that appeasement tastes to Obama right about now.First he boldly proclaims the US demands a freeze of Israeli settlements. Netanyahu and the Israeli right-wing tell the U.S. president to go f**k himself.In only a matter of weeks, Obama bends over on the Israeli settlement issue and lets Netanyahu have his ...
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• MCC: Yohannes Confirmed as CEO

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Last week, the Senate confirmed Daniel W. Yohannes as the new CEO  of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. During his confirmation hearing, Yohannes expressed the necessity and difficulty of replacing “patronage with partnership to deliver smart aid that matters.” Among many other positions, Yohannes formerly ...
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• Interview: Roy Bennett

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 747
  The white archnemesis of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe speaks out about the terrorism charges against him, the countrys flailing power-sharing government, Mugabes misdeeds, and why he may well have to die for his cause.
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• Lebanon: Working Towards Ending Confessionalism

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  This weekend, President Sleiman called for the creation of a committee to work towards the  abolition of confessional politics  in Lebanon. He also urged for “changing the electoral law relating to general elections in order to obtain better representation and restore to expatriates their rights.” Meanwhile, ...
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• Afghanistan: U.S. Softer on Karzai

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  According to The Washington Post , U.S. officials are  ”abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with [President Hamid] Karzai and attempting to forge a  far warmer relationship . They recognize that their initial strategy may have done more harm than good, fueling stress and anger in a beleaguered, ...
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• Tax Increases Inevitable under Tory or Labour as Deficit Climbs by £3 Billion Per Week

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 608
  Dramatic tax increases are in store for hard-pressed British workers under Tory or Labour regimes as the Government deficit — driven by the wars, immigration, bank bailouts and foreign aid which both parties endorse — continues to balloon by a shocking £3 billion every week. Gordon Brown’s promise to halve the ...
  5 days ago

• UN Follow-up Part 1. Questions about the real Oman

  
  Muscat Confidential — Authority: 119
  OK Team, as a follow up to the earlier post, here are some more specific questions from the UN researchers, asking about how they could aid Oman. Photo [from Google Earth]: Oman from space. How can the UN best help the people of this place? Can you help answer their questions? Is there any data on these ...
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• British People Put Last: £1 million Flood Relief to Cumbria, but £293 million in Foreign Aid in Same Week

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 608
  In the same week that Gordon Brown announced £1 million in flood aid to Cumbria, the Department For International Development gave out an incredible £293 million in foreign aid to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the World Bank, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia. The flash floods in Cumbria came after England’s wettest day on ...
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• The Al Qaeda Diaries

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 747
  As the Pakistani soldiers moved into South Waziristan, they found something almost as valuable as al Qaeda itself: the diaries and books that explain how militant ideology binds the diffuse world of terrorism together.
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• Middle East Democracy Promotion

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has released a  new policy brief  entitled, “Middle East Democracy Promotion Is Not a One-way Street.” Ottaway enumerates three factors that have changed the political landscape of democracy promotion in the Middle East. One, Islamist movements, ...
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  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  
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• In Afghanistan, corruption starts at the top

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 133
  hamid karzai was just sworn in to a second term, so lets take a look at the corruption record so far and see whats likely in store in his coming five-year term... this is from karzais official biographer, nick mills, writing in foreign policy ... At the start of his second term, Karzai is under immense pressure ...
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• My Nights With Hamid

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 747
  The world is hounding the Afghan president to crack down on corruption and kick out entrenched warlords. I dont think hes going to do it, and I should know: I’m the man who wrote his autobiography.
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• Future of Foreign Assistance

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  Laura Rozen reports that the new pick for USAID chief, Dr. Rajiv Shah , met with congressional leaders today, including Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.). According to Rozen, Shah’s appointment was largely  positively received , however some question whether his appointment augurs a diminished role for USAID in the ...
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• POMED Notes - Middle Eastern Democrats and Their Vision of the Future, Keynote Address

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  The National Endowment for Democracy hosted a day-long meeting to discuss the ongoing prospects for democracy in the Middle East.  The meeting was opened was a keynote address from Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.  The opening session also featured Egyptian ...
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• The foreign-aid fight goes on

  
  The Cable — Authority: 674
  The State Department and Congress dontsee eye to eye on how to move forward with foreign-aid reform, but atleast one Senator is firmly siding with Foggy Bottom: Jim Webb. When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approvedthe Kerry-Lugar foreign aid reform on Monday, Webb spoke against the bill. Hesent a ...
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• POMED Notes: Lebanon’s New Government

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 441
  The United States Institute of Peace and International Foundation for Electoral Systems hosted an event on Capitol Hill entitled, “Lebanon’s New Government: Toward Greater Consensus or Stalemate?” on Tuesday.  Mona Yacoubian of the United States Institute of Peace, Democratic Staff Member Perry Cammack of ...
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