Lawsuits, petitions and protests and dont forget the boycotts, all part of the fallout over the controversial Arizona immigration law. For the third time in a week, President Obama weighed in. from Air Force One this time, and admitting that reform m...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 07 April 2008 Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is urging its followers to boycott Tuesday's local council elections after the vast majority of its candidates were disqualified. VOA's Challiss McDon...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil 19 July 2007 Sunni Arab legislators have ended their five-week boycott of Iraq's parliament, raising hopes the assembly can move forward on legislation viewed as crucial to national reconciliation. From Iraq, VOA's Margaret...
By Lauren Comiteau Amsterdam 04 June 2007 Prosecutors and clerks in Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, the Netherlands, 04 Jun 2007 The trial of Charles Taylor opened without the accused in the dock Monday in The Hague, as the former Liberi...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 April 2007 Even though Senegal is located in a part of the world known for volatile and violent politics, it is the only West African country to not have had a coup. Seven years ago, it held democratic elections that brought a...
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