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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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Suriname ex-dictator Bouterse elected president (AP)

July 19th, 2010

AP - Former dictator Desi Bouterse was elected president by parliament Monday, following weeks of jostling by opponents who sought to stop a convicted drug trafficker and ex-strongman accused of…

Serbia offers apology for Srebrenica massacre (AP)

March 31st, 2010

AP - Serbia’s parliament approved a declaration Tuesday condemning the 1995 Serb massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, in a bid to distance the country from past warmongering under the…