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Sydney Morning Herald
Disco-ball diplomacy, Absurdistan-style
The Australian
So, when a regime that can't decide whether it wants to be a democracy or dictatorship starts using disco-ball diplomacy to bolster its international image, it's no wonder many visitors are thoroughly confused. All the bad publicity about President ...
Culture clash: the gay politics of EurovisionABC Online

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Spy Rings Have No Room in a Democracy
AllAfrica.com
At first glance, it looks far fetched in contemporary Ghana receiving praises from the international community for running a democratic and open society. But, there is more happening belonging to the underworld, than a transparent administration with ...


 
Maple Spring: Nearly 1000 Arrested as Mass Quebec Student Strike Passes 100th Day
Democracy Now
We welcome you both to Democracy Now! Gabriel, we welcome you back. Talk about what happened this week. Four hundred thousand people in the streets? Who were they? Close to a thousand arrested? What are you calling for? GABRIEL NADEAU-DUBOIS: Well, ...

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New York Times (blog)
Obama and the New Freedom
New York Times (blog)
By TRYGVE THRONTVEIT Library of CongressPresident Wilson throwing out the first ball at a baseball game in 1916. In evaluating President Barack Obama's legislative record, historically inclined commentators frequently compare his first term to the ...


 
CBC.ca
One swing of the wrecking ball
Kathimerini
... possibly over the course of two or three elections, but we are already surveying the debris today: The wrecking ball came in one fell swoop and left New Democracy and PASOK in ruins from which they will find it difficult to rebuild themselves.
Greek Conservative Leader Fails In Pact TalksWall Street Journal
Greek Coalition Talks FailArirang News
Greece election results mapped. InfographicThe Guardian (blog)
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Eighth-graders invited to join high school's Presidential Inauguration trip
Hastings Star Gazette
Registration is open now for any student in grades 8-11 or any adult who would like to attend this celebration of our democracy. A new opportunity for this year's eighth graders at HMS is to join the Presidential Inauguration trip scheduled for Jan.


 
Nonprofit fair and wine tasting takes place in Aspen
Aspen Times
It lasts from 5:30 to 8:30 pm in the Ball and Boardroom area of The Little Nell. Participating nonprofits include the Aspen Chamber Resort Association, Anderson Ranch, the Aspen Art Museum, the Aspen Democracy Initiative, the Aspen Historical Society, ...

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