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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Police withdraws partial ban on demonstration against Bush 13-06-2008 The Metropolitan Police have withdrawn a ban preventing demonstrators from assembling in Parliament Square.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