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Pakistan: Days of mischief against democracy over, hopes Raja:
17-03-2013
The PPP-led federal coalition bid a historic farewell as Pakistan’s first elected government to complete its parliamentary term, with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf voicing his confidence that it would mark the end of a “sinister chapter” in the country’s history of ambushes on democracy.


Young Arabs study democracy in Bundestag
24-09-2012
Young Arab men and women with an interest in promoting democracy in their homelands are spending a month as guests of the German parliament in Berlin.


UK: British Conservative Party fundraiser resigns amid scandal
25-03-2012
A British Conservative Party fundraiser resigned after a report alleging he offered journalists posing as financiers access to Prime Minister David Cameron in return for donations of £250,000.


Promenade of a Prince: Morocco’s National Zoo Affair
17-01-2012
Scenes of Moroccan officials fawning over the country’s 9-year-old prince Hassan flew in the face of claims of progressive rule.


Police withdraws partial ban on demonstration against Bush
13-06-2008
The Metropolitan Police have withdrawn a ban preventing demonstrators from assembling in Parliament Square. However, the ban still stands on Whitehall and the Horse Guard’s Avenue during President George Bush’s visit to the UK this weekend.


Muslim world needs democracy, says Qaradawi
08-07-2006
Noted Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi has said the Muslim world needs democracy.


Are Western democracies really democratic?
12-05-2006
The public in Spain, Italy, the United States, as well as in many other European countries, stood firmly against the war. Yet their "democratically elected" governments went to war.


British historian Irving gets three years for Holocaust denial
20-02-2006
An Austrian court on Monday sentenced right-wing British historian David Irving to three years in prison for denying the Holocaust. Earlier, he had acknowledged that the Auschwitz gas chambers had existed.


What Really Happened
01-02-2006
As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union Address tonight.


Is democracy empowering Islamists?
27-01-2006
Palestinian voters availed themselves of the time- honored democratic right to "throw the bums out" in their first legislative elections in a decade Wednesday - exactly the kind of action implicit in President Bush's push for democracy in the Middle East.


Nigeria hits back at US warning
23-12-2005


USA: Police infiltrate protests, videotape show
22-12-2005


UK drops to 51st in world table of women MPs
16-11-2005


Rice makes forceful case for democracy in Mideast
21-06-2005


Egypt leads drive to curb Hamas poll success
15-06-2005


Arabs will travel democratic road when U.S. and Israel practice what they preach
12-04-2005


U.S. Again Sides with Dictatorship over Democracy
29-03-2005


The right to rule ourselves
07-01-2005


Democracy should not be given "Hindu" , "Christian" or "Muslim" subtitle
14-12-2004


IAEA leader's phone tapped
12-12-2004


Parliament Act invoked to ban hunting from next February
18-11-2004


Racially-based suppression of the African-American vote
29-10-2004


Labour MPs back 'ethnic forums'
20-08-2004


I did not pay for my US medal, says Aznar
26-07-2004


Trust me, Bush tells Muslim world
03-07-2004


Bush praises Turkey as a Muslim democracy
29-06-2004


Middle East Studies under scrutiny in U.S.
13-01-2004


Is the US ready for democracy?
06-01-2004


Jewish MP accused of abusing immunity to condemn Muslim group
19-12-2003


Muslim backs terror, claims MP under the protection of Parliament
19-12-2003


In Iran, hopes for democracy dwindle
18-12-2003


Hariri pays tribute to Lebanese for taking part in ‘democracy’
06-12-2003


Bush's 'forward strategy': Democracy and paradox
04-12-2003


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