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Kuwait Elections Empowering,Aung San Suu Kyi Back in Jail
notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 5/17/2009
Kuwait Elections Empowering,Aung San Suu Kyi Back in Jail
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Maureen Dowd Yevgeny Bazhanov Jon Meacham Fatima Bhutto "I want to know every awful act committed in the name of self-defense and patriotism." - Maureen Dowd Fatima Bhutto wrote in Foreign Policy on the current Pakistani military's scuffle with their local Taliban: "Zardari’s double ...
Woman elected in Kuwait says gender in politics is 'history'
cnn.com - 5/18/2009
Woman elected in Kuwait says gender in politics is 'history'
— cnn.com — Rola Dashti is one of four women who won parliamentary seats in the recent elections in Kuwait.... (more) Woman elected in Kuwait says gender in politics is 'history'

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echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com - 5/18/2009
Good News Monday
— echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com — In Kuwait four women were elected to the 50-member parliament. That's eight percent! Not bad for the... very first parliament which will include women. They have their work cut out for them, given the economic troubles of Kuwait, not to mention the ... (more) Good News Monday

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democraticunderground.com - 5/14/2009
US 'fool' at center of Suu Kyi furor
— democraticunderground.com — Source: [b]AFP[/b] WASHINGTON (AFP) — The middle-aged American blamed for landing Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu... Kyi in jail is said to be a Mormon and Vietnam War veteran with a quixotic world view. The little that is known about John William Yettaw, 53, suggests the Missouri ... (more) US 'fool' at center of Suu Kyi furor

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