democracy

Myanmar pro-democracy parties say lost election (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Myanmar’s main pro-democracy parties conceded defeat on Tuesday in the country’s first election in 20 years after the biggest military-backed party said it had won up to 80…

Burma, Post-Elections: What Next for Opposition, Suu Kyi? (Time.com)

November 8th, 2010

Time.com - Despite the trappings of political openness, Burma’s first elections in two decades were hardly an exercise in democracy

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Referendum in Turkey: A Vote for Democracy or a New Strongman? (Time.com)

September 13th, 2010

Time.com - The country has voted to reform the old, military-inspired constitution but has it only given more power to Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Prime Minister?

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Clinton arrives in Poland to promote democracy (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles with Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych prior to a joint press availability at the Presidential Administration Building in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)AP - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Polish city of Krakow to speak at an international conference on the promotion of democracy.


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UN calls for Kyrgyz democracy despite unrest (AP)

June 15th, 2010

AP - The United Nations is urging Kyrgyzstan not to allow deadly ethnic unrest to derail a key referendum and subsequent parliamentary elections.

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Son of democracy icons likely next Philippine prez (AP)

May 11th, 2010

Supporters flash the 'L' sign for 'Laban' Fight!, as they peep through a glass window of a restaurant where leading Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III (unseen) is issuing a statement a day after the first ever automated Presidential elections Tuesday May 11, 2010 at Hacienda Lusita, Tarlac province in northern Philippines. Aquino III, the son of Philippine democracy icon, the late President Corazon Aquino, had a wide lead Tuesday in Presidential elections after campaigning on a promise to restore government credibilty by prosecuting corrupt officials. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - Philippine Sen. Benigno Aquino III, whose parents fought to topple a dictatorship, promised Tuesday to fulfill his campaign promise to fight corruption as he headed for a landslide…

Democracy icons’ son poised to lead Philippines (AP)

May 5th, 2010

Presidential candidate Sen. Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III, left, smiles as he raises arms with Vice-Presidential candidate Sen. Mar Roxas during a campaign sortie at the 'People Power' revolt monument along the capital's main EDSA highway, suburban Manila, Philippines on Sunday May 2, 2010. A scion of Asia's pro-democracy president and an assasinated opposition leader, Aquino, 50, has surged ahead in the nine-way race for the Philippine Presidency, riding on the wave of poignant memories and unrealized hopes of the 1986 revolt. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Returning to the Manila highway where 1986 “people power” protests led by his mother ousted a dictator and swept her to power, Benigno Aquino III asked a huge,…

Iraq’s vote key test for a democracy in progress (AP)

March 6th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene after a car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2010 on the eve of key national elections. A group of Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims were waiting to board the bus after visiting a famous shrine when the blast occurred about 100 yards (meters) away killing at least three people, including two Iranians, according to officials. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Billed as a key test of Iraq’s nascent democracy, Iraqis fear Sunday’s parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try…

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