Politics

Volatile mix of politics and crime plagues Karachi (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - If you want to measure the level of political strife in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi, take the body count at the morgue.

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Musharraf eyes return to Pakistan politics (AP)

September 15th, 2010

AP - Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday he is gearing up for a return to politics and will launch a new party next month — two years…

Politics, alleged fraud disturb Jerusalem cemetery (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

AP - A political battle over a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that began with charges of insensitivity leveled at plans for a museum of religious tolerance at the site has…

Porn offers window into Iraq’s chaotic politics (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

AP - The nude women on the DVD cover in a Baghdad street stall say it all: Change, whether you like it or not, is afoot in Iraq.

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Catalonia Bullfighting Ban: Divisive Vote Stirs Politics (Time.com)

July 28th, 2010

Time.com - Catalonia is the first region in mainland Spain to ban bullfighting, but opposition parties accuse Catalan politicians of using the vote to push a nationalist agenda

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China now pressuring Tibetans outside politics (AP)

June 18th, 2010

This photo obtained June 18, 2010 by The Associated Press shows Rinchen Samdrup in Lhasa in western China's Tibet region.  Samdrup and his brother Chime Namgyal were detained in August 2009 after accusing local officials in eastern Tibet of poaching endangered animals. Human Rights Watch says Samdrup is serving a 21-month sentence of re-education through labor for 'harming national security.' (AP Photo)AP - Karma Samdrup was always the kind of Tibetan the Chinese government liked.


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Politics cast aside, Thais honor their ailing king (AP)

May 5th, 2010

Accompanied by Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, background left, and Queen Sirikit, background 2nd left, Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is pushed on a wheelchair as he leaves Siriraj hospital for a ceremony marking Coronation Day Wednesday, May 5, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. King Bhumibol, the world longest reigning monarch, was crowned on May 5, 1950. (AP Photo)AP - Thais put aside their political animosity Wednesday to honor the country’s ailing monarch on the 60th anniversary of his coronation, and his rare public appearance inspired thousands lining…

In Thailand, A Little Black Magic Is Politics as Usual (Time.com)

March 20th, 2010

Time.com - Last’s weeks blood protests in Bangkok were a rare public revelation of a more covert aspect of the ongoing conflict between the country’s political movements — a war…