Anti-riot police used batons to break up a peaceful march in Zimbabwe’s capital on Wednesday, the latest public protest against President Robert Mugabe’s government’s handling of the economy. Mugabe, 92, and in power since independence from Britain in 1980, is increasingly under pressure from angry Zimbabweans, as well as his …
THIS Sunday, Thailand’s long-anticipated referendum will be held, with Thais across the country heading to polling stations to determine whether the latest draft charter will be accepted or rejected. If it is voted in, the charter will be Thailand’s 20th since 1932. In a final poll to gauge which way …
In the past two weeks, judges have ruled against voter ID or proof-of-citizenship requirements in Texas, Kansas, North Carolina, Wisconsin and North Dakota. All summer long, the clock has been ticking on voting rights cases. Judges don’t like to change voting rules too near an election, and November is creeping …
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THAILAND’S Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has denied rumors that soldiers have been instructed to vote in support of the draft charter in Sunday’s referendum. Prawit, who is also Defense Minister, said on Monday that military personnel could vote as they liked in the upcoming referendum vote. “There are no instructions …
The headless, mutilated body of a gay Syrian man has been identified by gay housemates in Istanbul who say he had been gang-raped previously. The friends of Muhammad Wisam Sankari told a Turkish gay rights group, kaosgl.org, that they had been threatened by violent male gangs. “I am so scared,” …
Venezuelan authorities over the weekend admonished the opposition-run National Assembly for reinstating three lawmakers banned over fraud accusations, heightening the power conflict in the crisis-hit OPEC nation. In Thursday’s session, the National Assembly voted to welcome back three opposition legislators from the southern jungle state of Amazonas. The government-leaning Supreme …
Nepal’s former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda looked set to become prime minister after no other candidate emerged on Tuesday, raising hopes that his government, the 24th in 26 years, would be more stable than its predecessors. The election of a new prime minister, due in parliament on Wednesday, became necessary …
On Aug. 4, 1964, the remains of three slain civil rights workers, whose disappearance on June 21 garnered national attention, were found buried in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Today is Thursday, Aug. 4, the 217th day of 2016 with 149 to follow. It is U.S. President Barack Obama’s …
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“The whole system’s kind of broke. We’re trying to reinvent ourselves, trying to run businesses, trying to pretend like it’s 2003 again. And it’s not.” ~MICHAEL HUTCHINGS, a Las Vegas home builder, on what he sees as the city’s sinking fortunes since the housing crash. Source: Quotation of the Day …
