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WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 29, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has been sworn in for a second term, this time as a civilian ruler, calling it a "historic day" for the country. Mr Musharraf called for "political reconciliation" and insisted polls for parliament would go ahead in.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 23, 2007 @ 8:29am neoform

BBC News -- Lebanese MPs have failed to convene to elect a new president as the term of the incumbent, Emile Lahoud, expires. Members of the Western-backed majority had hoped to hold a vote, but the pro-Syrian opposition did not allow the session to achieve the qu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- President Hugo Chavez has presented his plans for changes to Venezuela's constitution, including an end to the presidential term limits. Current rules mean Mr Chavez is unable to seek re-election and will have to step down when his term ends in 2012... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Mon May 28, 2007 @ 10:13am neoform

Los Angeles Times -- AMNESTY HAS become the political act that dare not speak its name. Nativists go wild when they hear the term. Mainstream immigrant advocates talk around it. Immigration-restriction fanatics have so poisoned and blurred the word's meaning that they see it.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 10:51pm neoform

CNN -- Bahamian voters elected a new parliament Wednesday as the prime minister sought a second term on his record of growth in a tourism-driven economy while the opposition warned the island chain has been put up for sale to foreigners. Rallies during the ca.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 9, 2007 @ 12:41pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- Chakib Khelil, Algeria's energy and mines minister, said: "In the long term we are moving towards a gas Opec. It will take a long time." Price concern But gas customers in America and Europe are already concerned that if a gas cartel is formed, th.. Read More