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 …
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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 …
30,000 march for democracy in Myanmar (Burma)
Two days after 2000 Buddhist monks were allowed to gather and pray outside the home of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, under virtual house arrest for nineteen years …
Pakistani powder keg
~Scroll down for update~ The political situation in Pakistani grows more tense as former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ousted in the military coup which brought President Musharraf to power …
Pakistan: moment of truth?
Rumors have been circulating for weeks about contacts between the military regime of President Musharrif and the democratic party of exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the inference being …
To make a Socialist omelet, you have to break some eggheads
Tear gas and military force is needed, sometimes, while seizing the equipment of opposition media, in order to form a more perfect socialist republic, you see. Hugo Chavez sends …