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Myanmar to hold elections by 2010

Posted on February 10, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized

Better late than never.
The last time Myanmar held elections it was 1990 and the military refused to hand power over to the election winners.  Then it punished Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy, by forcing him in jail or in house arrest for much of the past 18 years.  […]

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US Fails to Listen to “Logic” at Bali Conference

Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized

“Logic requires that we listen to the science,” said Stavros Dimas, the European Union’s environment commissioner. “I would expect others to follow that logic.”
The EU commissioner is talking about the United States, Japan, and Canada.
Another day, another dose of reality at the Bali conference.  As talks enter the last days, a debate as emerged as […]

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Putin Endorses

Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized

Today it was announced that Dmitry Medvedev, will be tapped to succeed Vladmir Putin as the next Russian President.   This ends years of speculation into the succession issue.  It is no surprise that a Putin associate was  tapped given how tightly Putin runs the Government.  For Medvedev, early questions for him will be how […]

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