Democratic Parliament

• At Least 24 Killed in Attacks: ; Dozens Wounded in Coordinated Assaults; First Democratic Parliament Set to Open March 16

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas launched a series of attacks in Iraq on Monday that left 31 people dead and dozens wounded as the country took its first major step toward forming a government whose most crucial task will be dealing with the insurgency. Al-Qaida in Iraq purportedly claimed responsibility in an Internet statement for much of the bloodshed - violence in and around Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, where 15 people died.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• March 09, 2005

• Proclamation 8036-Captive Nations Week, 2006

The advance of freedom is the story of our time, and we have witnessed remarkable democratic progress in recent years. The people of Afghanistan elected their first democratic parliament in more than a generation. The people of Kyrgyzstan drove a corrupt regime from power and voted for democratic change. Ending 16 years of civil war and interim governments, the people of Liberia were able to go to the polls, electing Africa's first female president.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• August 11, 2009

• Video From European Parliament Available On Thenewsmarket.Com: The Democratic Process in the Central Mediterranean Area, the Impact On Migration Fluxes and the Eu Immigration and Asylum Policy

NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Get content from European Parliament at: http://www.thenewsmarket.com/Releases/ StoryDetailPage.aspx?GUID=c29f40c8-2cee-4b06-b21a-b45322b70883#

• U.S. Newswire
• March 01, 2011

• The Challenge of Neo-Politics

These days, the battle for the hearts and minds of the people, and eventually their votes, is fought on many fronts. Of prime importance is cyberspace. So whatever allegations posted online had better be well- supported by the truth, as otherwise, the backlash can be devastating. FOR the umpteenth time, I am stating here in this column, and in my blog and wherever I have an opportunity to write and speak, that under our democratic system, we only elect our Wakil Rakyat - the members of Parliament and State Assemblymen.

• Malaysian Business
• November 17, 2011

• Beleaguered Prime Minister Survives a No-Confidence Vote

Japan's prime minister survived a no-confidence vote in his party Thursday after he made a vague promise to step down once he fulfills his role to "overcome" the country's post-tsunami crisis. Naoto Kan kept his leadership position and fended off a challenge to divide the ruling Democratic Party in a 152-93 vote in the 480- member lower house of parliament.

• The Washington Times
• June 03, 2011

• Center-Left Opposition Leads Croatian Vote

ZAGREB, Croatia - A center-left opposition coalition likely defeated the incumbent conservatives in Croatia's parliamentary vote, early results showed Sunday, revealing voter anger at corruption and high unemployment in the country that is next in line to join the European Union. Complete unofficial poll results published by the independent Ipsos Puls agency and cited on state television suggested the opposition will take 82 seats in Croatia's 151-seat parliament, with the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, taking 40 seats. It said the poll has a 3-percent margin of error.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 05, 2011

• The True Story Behind the Gaza Crisis

The June 25 Palestinian fighters' raid on an Israeli military post near the Gaza-Egypt border has sent Israel "scrambling to defend itself," the voice of a BBC news reporter declared on the evening news. The report was followed by an unchallenged interview with a spokesman for the Israeli foreign ministry, then another with an Israeli daily newspaper reporter in Washington. No Palestinian voice was heard for days. Western media quickly coined various mantras to justify why ordinary Palestinians must suffer for choosing a parliament in a democratic election. One popular one is that Hamas refuses to recognize Israel and renounce violence, among other reasons that don't seem to fit so well with Israel's political agenda. Top Israeli government advisor Dov Weissglas, optimistic as he has al...

• Arab American News, The
• August 10, 2009

• The Arab wave.

...--and common wisdom-the search for democratic government is not new in the Middle East. What mos... a constitution and oversaw parliamentary elections in the early months of his reign, only t...

• The National Interest
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Myanmar Holds Election, but Reform Unlikely

YANGON, Myanmar - Voters in the secretive military-ruled nation of Myanmar cast their first ballots in two decades on Sunday, as slim hopes for democratic reform faced an electoral system engineered to ensure that most power will remain in the hands of the junta and its political proxies. There was little doubt that the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party would emerge with an enormous share of the parliamentary seats, despite widespread popular opposition to 48 years of military rule. It fielded 1,112 candidates for the 1,159 seats in the two-house national parliament and 14 regional parliaments, while the largest anti-government party, the National Democratic Force, contested just 164 spots.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 08, 2010

• Landslide Ousts Japan's; Longtime Ruling Party ; Voters Opt for Pro-Family Populists

A populist agenda that included aid for families plus an outpouring of anger over decades of economic stagnation propelled the opposition Democratic Party of Japan to a landslide win Sunday that approached a two-thirds majority in parliament. The victory ended more than a half-century of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which oversaw the country's postwar rise as an economic superpower followed by an equally unprecedented period of near zero growth and rising unemployment.

• The Washington Times
• August 31, 2009