There was a complete shutter-down and wheel jam strike in Baloch dominated areas of the province on Thursday in protest against the elections. The Baloch National Front (BNF) has given a three days strike call in Balochistan against the general election.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reportedly told his Israeli counterparts that the Obama administration would examine military options against Iran more closely following the Islamic Republic’s upcoming elections, and their possible ramifications on the country’s nuclear program.
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The choice is between a pro China government and a pro US opposition. If you want a good guess about what is going to happen in a few days, just watch what is happening in Venezuela now.
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Sardar Akhtar Khan Mengal, chief of his own faction of the Balochistan National Party, appealed to the European Union to reconsider its decision of not sending poll observers to Balochistan.
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The US recently took over the French African headquarters for the French foreign legion in Djibouti. I guess the US wants a regime in Djibouti that can at least claim some form of democratic legitimacy.
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Neat fact; the Arab Spring sort of started here, but the (western backed) guy this brought into power is already out. The islands are a battle ground between the US and China.
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It is now quite obvious as to how Ron Paul feels about intellectual property rights. On Friday, Dr. Ron Paul filed an international UDRP complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a part of the United Nations (UN), over the domains RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org.
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The reasons are many: oil, trade, exploitation of resources, geopolitical ambitions, military and strategic positioning, foreign policy objectives, regional alliances and once again that name comes up: Julian Assange.
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The Islamist did well in last years Moroccan elections, but the pace of promised reforms is very slow. At the same time youth unemployment is at 30 percent and corruption is rampant.
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Some UK senior officers fear that a poor democratic mandate would endanger the British model of policing by consent, but have been gagged by a Home Office order ordering them to stay out of the political debate over the new elections on pain of prosecution
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