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12 / 03 / 2010

Iraq PM in contest with ex-premier for poll lead. Al Arabiya.

12 / 03 / 2010

EU to send 130 monitors to Sudan's April polls. Al Arabiya.

12 / 03 / 2010

Burmese Junta Bans Many Opposition Candidates From Forthcoming Polls. Election Guide.

12 / 03 / 2010

EU High Repr. to submit draft External Action Service organigram to Member States. EU Observer.

12 / 03 / 2010

THAILAND: Thaksin supporters rally in Bangkok, vow to topple govt. France 24.

12 / 03 / 2010

COLOMBIA: ‘Avatars’ threaten to revive paramilitary-linked politics. France 24.

12 / 03 / 2010

Nigeria: Yar'Adua - We Acted to Save Our Democracy, Say Governors. All Africa.

12 / 03 / 2010

Zimbabwe: No Peacekeeping Forces for Zim Elections, U.S. All Africa.

11 / 03 / 2010

In India, deadly backlash against freedom of information activists. CS Monitor.

11 / 03 / 2010

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai and Mugabe Deadlocked on Ministerial Functions. All Africa.

11 / 03 / 2010

Nigeria: Reappearance of the President Has Worsened the Political Paralysis. All Africa.

11 / 03 / 2010

Kenya: New Law to Protect Post-Polls Violence Witnesses. All Africa.

10 / 03 / 2010

South Africa: Be the Eyes, Ears of Govt - Mokonyane. All Africa.

10 / 03 / 2010

Namibia: Election Case to Supreme Court. All Africa.

10 / 03 / 2010

BURMA: Junta's new election law bars Suu Kyi from poll. France 24.

10 / 03 / 2010

HAITI: Preval to meet Obama amid US calls for quick Haitian elections. France 24.

10 / 03 / 2010

Nigeria: Jonathan Should Prioritise Electoral Reform - Buhari. All Africa.

10 / 03 / 2010

Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq elections. Times Online.

10 / 03 / 2010

What if a jury – not voters – decided elections?. CS Monitor.

09 / 03 / 2010

Colombia’s push back against ‘wave of autocracy’. Democracy Digest.

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12 / 01 / 2010

Freedom House report highlights continuing democratic recession – or stasis? Democracy Digest.

The global democratic regression appears well-entrenched, a new Freedom House report suggests, as declines in freedom trumped gains for the fourth consecutive year. Current trends represent the “longest continuous period of deterioration in the nearly 40-year history of Freedom in the World,” according to the democracy watchdog’s annual assessment of political rights and civil liberties. The dominant [...]


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