Kasparov Joins Russian Presidential Race
Democracy advocate and former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is running for President of Russia, the Associated Press reports from Moscow: The former world chess champion Garry Kasparov entered …
Category: Democracy
It's hitting the fan in Burma ("Myanmar")
This ends one of two ways: either the regime is ruthless enough, as they were in 1988, to quell the movement, or the people are sufficiently incensed by the …
Burma crisis brewing: troops surround Buddhist monasteries
Even as President Bush called for new sanctions against the Myanmar (Burma) government, the military junta has declared curfews and surrounded several monasteries with security forces, raising fears of …