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Vol. 26 No. 443 May 2007 Some change seen in misguided “terrorism” terminology It is both human and politic to call our enemies, those whom we hate and with whom we disagree, “dirty” names. The Chinese called outsiders barbarians, Europeans had equally insulting names for each other and especially for non-whites, and during the past World, Korean, and Indochinese Wars right up to Iraq full use is made of the vocabulary of bile. In the interlude of the Cold War years, partisanship determined the spin: Our freedom fighter is your terrorist and the other way round. more Gordon Brown to step up to become British Prime Minister A constitutional crisis in Turkey over the election of the next president has been resolved or has it? The opposition with the help of the military stopped the formal process of election by the Grand National Assembly on 27 April. The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) which has a parliamentary majority then approved ... more Impeaching the US president? Burundi capital to move to center France chooses conservative president Smaller cabinet includes Socialist minister, 7 women Nicolas Sarkozy became the 8th President of the 5th Republic in a quick and dignified installation on 16 May after winning two rounds of elections. The ambitious, brash, energetic, and youthful son (born 28 January 1955) of a Hungarian immigrant and candidate of the conservative Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) quickly established a government after telling the French people that he will work hard to fulfill his mandate and that he is ready to work with everybody who wants to serve France . During the last two weeks, the new head of state not only made quick contact ... more Major German parties draft programs before elections Nigeria elects civilian president in flawed polls Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (born 1950) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), was sworn in as the country’s third Executive President on 29 May. He succeeded General Olusegun Obasanjo who had served two four-year terms since 1999 and whose supporters tried to have him serve a third time by skirting ... more Ukraine’s power play shifted to September elections? A day after the president’s deadline, on 1 June, the Verkhovna Rada legislature, approved early parliamentary elections on 30 September. The delayed vote came after President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, and Speaker Oleksandr Moroz met in the capital on 27 May and agreed on the date. Initially, in April, the president had set 24 June for new elections, starting a series of acts of parliamentary defiance and turning to the Constitutional Court for relief. .. more government and leader changes national and political developments bio briefs forecast: july-august 2007 info/literature Cabinet Directory: France Documentation: Installation Address of French President Election Statistics: France, Nigeria (Issue contains 27 pages.) |