By Emma Graham-Harrison MULAYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The cave Sakhi Allah now calls home was a potato store when he was a child, growing up in the lush river valley of Afghanistan’s remote central highlands below his current front door. Like most of the villagers of Mulayan,

BEIRUT, Lebanon — It is election season in Lebanon, and Hussein H., a jobless 24-year-old from south Beirut, is looking forward to selling his vote to the highest bidder

City Council member Joe Rokosz, right, won’t seek re-election in the November election, he announced today in an e-mail to reporters. He cited family obligations relating to his parents’ health

…and so is the Eastern Sierra Democratic Women’s Club. At their annual meeting they will be reviewing what they did to assist locally in Obama’s election but the biggest item will be the name change to The Andrea Meade Lawrence Memorial Club. Andrea

Above Average Jane’s post today raises the question of how best to select judges in Pennsylvania: … before the public in a retention election. Thanks, Jane for the spot light on our work.  We hope

St. Petersburg Times columnist Howard Troxler writes an amusing piece today on why his dog Louie is better than the Florida Legislature … not a dog person but I’ll vote for Louie in the next election. Even if Louie drools a little

Iran’s election and Iran’s system | open Democracy News Analysis : “The anticipation of a vital presidential vote in Iran creates an expectation of change that political conditions may not satisfy

Congressional Quarterly rates the 2010 governor’s race as “leans Republican … up from lieutenant governor in late 2000 to succeed Bush after the latter’s election as president. Perry won … general election to win his current term. He recently racheted up his rhetoric in an appeal

It was very clear last week that the Republican party thinks jumping on board the tea party protest bandwagon was good for them politically … voters and has some Republicans worried that this will hurt them with voters in the next election

Photo by Angela Jimenez In 2005 filmmaker Marshall Curry was nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary Street Fight … of shooting and editing. So I did a few short films and then heard about an election that was shaping

He’s one of those solid, not- quite -classic masculine appellations that is either hopelessly out of favor – or poised for a comeback … , like the German Werner and the Gaelic Ó Murnáin. Warren got his biggest boost from the election … .  While he won election by a landslide, President Harding’s administration is not remembered

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Wednesday affirmed the relevance of the National Constitution Week cerebration, … 4. It would focus on the Right to Information Bill, Election as an Essential Element of a Democratic Society

The Ultimate Reaping of What One Sows: Right-Wing Edition by Glenn Greenwald Right-wing polemicists today are shrieking in self-pitying protest over a new report from the Department of Homeland Security sent to local police forces which warns of growing “right-wing extremist activity.” The report (.pdf)

It has been absolutely astounding to watch and listen to the right wing media in the US  since the election of Barack Obama. It’s also been amusing to watch my own country’s conservatives, called

Priyanka Gandhi: the daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday urged people to vote strictly on the issue of development … at an election rally here. Priyanka further said that it was peoples’ responsibility to make

“General Election 2009?  to elect the next Indian Parliament is on. It is taking place on 5 days spread over 5 Thursdays ( … of elephants in some remote parts of the country! Parts of Karnataka had Election today. In South

The African Alliance for Peace has declared the elections in KZN free, fair and transparent … or credibility of the election. “Where there were a few incidents of minor political intolerance observed

Supporters of the strike on a map of Germany Germany’s #1 blog Spreeblick has entered a demonstrative strike against the online censorship … the operators of those sites. In times of a nationwide election campaign, we regard political populism

Top Story So much for “green shoots.” The IMF poured cold water on springtime optimism yesterday with a “substantial downward revision” … on the results of its “stress tests” tomorrow. Africa Early results from South Africa’s election … humanitarian aid in Baghdad. Lebanon’s election this summer may be its most corrupt ever , with money

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The head of the AU observer team to SA … not affect the credibility of the election. ‘We cannot legislate for the behavior of electoral officials

Guwahati, April 23 (IANS) Voting for the second and final phase of elections in 11 of the 14 parliamentary constituencies in Assam ended peacefully … an election official said. According …

The party ‘No Candidate Deserves My Vote’ is making a stance against low voter turn out and the limited choice of political parties on offer to the … to encourage as many people to vote at every election and to encourage people to become politically aware

From Aware:On March 28, AWARE was taken over by a group of newcomers who had only recently joined the organisation … 2009.When the election of office bearers began, almost every position was challenged by a member

Lord Jones of Cheltenham has sent me his telling of the story recounted in The Catholic Orangemen of Togo about our seeing off the security service … by a phone-in programme on the election.’ We watched the presidential broadcast. It was obviously pre

The cell phone ban has been defeated in the house because they’d rather put an additional $50 fine on a ticket … contributed to the future election funds of House Of Representatives members. This is just a completely

I’m bringing back a slogan from the General Election Campaign in 2007 that USI used … Election until 2012, which is a good bit away and a long time for a change of Government. A change

Last wish: A just re-run in Ekiti By Seye Adetunmbi N OTHING can take the place of a healthy political campaign and an inspiring rivalry or free and fair competition! How I wish postings and the publishing of accomplishments and what PDP will still do if given the chance of continuity can dominate Ekitipanupo elitist e-forum and

Nigerian banks and the use of IFRS By Femi Awoyemi T HERE have been recent newspaper articles about First Bank Nigeria Plc (FBN) adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) effective March 31, 2009 for its financial reporting

NH CHAN Former Court of Appeal judge   20th February 2009 Malaysiakini … to dissolve the assembly for the purpose of a state election. Second, if his request is turned down

DA still ahead in Western Cape.From News24 here.HT: Cape Town blogger Chris M.

Jennifer: On April 20 the LaPlata Business Association held a meet the candidate night at Town Hall.  After the meeting a few people were still gathered when one of the candidates stated he was rigorously opposed to a definition in the Town Code– FAMILY–One (1)

Is Obama Campaign Cash Quashing Eligibility Suits? worldnetdaily … to Federal Election Commission records, Obama For America paid $688,316.42 to international law firm

Image: Ennis Carter Source: The Nation, 4/15/2009 “Artists played a largely unheralded role in Obama’s victory … , sometimes even unruly kind of polyculturalism. By the final months of the election season

South Africans waited on election results Thursday in a ballot that the ruling African National Congress party appeared on course to win in a landslide.

South Africans waited on election results Thursday in a ballot that Jacob Zuma’s ruling African National Congress party appeared on course to win in … s election dispute began in South Africa on Thursday, according to Ronnie Mamoepa, spokesman

Actor and SP general secretary Sanjay Dutt has tendered an unconditional apology to the Pratapgarh district magistrate for his alleged offensive remarks on Chief Minister Mayawati during an election meeting in the district. According … in an election meeting.

There is also the dilemna facing the Conservative leadership over policy details, … the election campaign commences, or whether the Tory leadership is prepared to draw out distinct battle

… for our democracy. I voted yesterday, along with a few million other South Africans … in our country. For the better that is. If you want to follow the election results as they unfold, visit

“Vortex of Freedom” looks at why incumbents get re-elected despite of the disconnect politicians have with their constituents. election | politics | incumbents | Barack Obama | Congress

Happy St George’s Day everyone! Well done to the entire country for forgetting this … it in their next election manifesto. Here’s Boris’ message: Hi folks, Right now, without

- This really made me go jealous. WTF!! Sorry, I had to rant about it.  – Coming back to the purpose of this post- I went out and voted today around 10 am. I never really thought I would go so early considering that I was busy ogling at Tamanna Bhatia till 3:30 am.  Ayan is a really well made film.  – I couldn’t find my voter id card in time

23 April 2009 Anna Majavu Source: The Sowetan The elections went off without a hitch in Gugulethu and only time will tell if the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign’s boycott of the polls had made any impact on the political scene. About 50 members of the group held an impromptu protest outside Gugulethu police station yesterday as part

JHARKHAND: An Indian solider has been killed and three polling agents injured during attacks of Naxals in Assam and Chhattisgarh … rebels briefly hijacked a train in the east of the country.Polling in the election began on April 16 … to vote in the second round of the five-phased general election. This round will also see completion

This new film, staring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck is an adaptation of the widely-praised BBC six part drama of the same name from 2003. The story is essentially the same – journalist investigating political scandal swirling around a politician who is also an old friend – but transplanted to the US,

Further to my article called ticket to ride. I happened to come across a candidate who belongs to some party called something which I cannot … have no control even if he was elected in THIS ELECTION. I saw promises like “I will remove octroi”

Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) About 14.5 percent of the 25 million-odd Uttar Pradesh voters eligible to vote Thursday exercised their franchise in 17 Lok … Sabha constituencies till noon, election officials said here. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. However, a slow turnout was reported in the early hours from almost all the constituencies due to …

Boston Globe Budget leaves little margin for error Reuters By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) – The government’s Budget forecast on Wednesday that the economy will rebound to strong growth after its worst performance since World War Two creates a hostage to fortune with an election due

There’s still no end in sight for the officials, counting votes in the 2009 General Elections. With 3.8-million counted, the ANC has a healthy lead with 2 million 566 thousand 218 of the national votes, followed by the DA with 755 894. That gives the ruling party just under a two-thirds majority with 64%. The DA has 19%

So, you cast your vote and now you want to see if it counted? Well, thanks to News24, it’s all possible.. Just click here and take a look! [Thanks Wogan ]

Democratic Alliance take shock landslide victory in South African elections, suggests exit poll … of the vote is significantly up from our showing at the last election, which was 12%, and I think … double figures in this election. The party