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Walker's World: Europe's voters revoltMunich, Germany (UPI) May 14, 2012 The anti-austerity revolt of European voters continued Sunday when electors in a key German province gave Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats just 28 percent of the vote, the party's lowest perentage since 1948. This is a grim time to be in office in Europe. Voters have turned out governments in Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France and Greece. And while Merkel remains in office at the national level and remains personally popular, her own coalition with Bavaria's Christia ... read more |
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 Cambodia closes probe into activist's shooting The Cambodian government on Saturday said it had closed its investigation into the fatal shootings of a well-known activist and a military police officer after the arrest of a security guard. ... more | .. |
 Campaign web wars 2.0: can Republicans strike back? Tired of playing catch-up to the Obama Internet juggernaut, Republicans have rolled out a one-stop online shop for conservative activism which they hope will help them capture the White House. ... more | .. |
 Centre-left heads for victory in Italian local elections Italy's centre-left was headed for victory in local elections on Monday, reflecting widespread anger over austerity driving Italians to join other crisis-hit eurozone countries to reject the status quo. ... more |
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 Curfew after clashes near Egypt defence ministry Egypt's ruling military announced an overnight curfew around the defence ministry Friday after fierce clashes between troops and anti-military protesters left 59 hurt ahead of landmark presidential polls. ... more | .. |
US piles pressure on Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012 The United States pressed Ukraine on Tuesday to free jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko as she entered the 12th day of a hunger strike that may prompt an EU boycott of its Euro 2012 football games. ... more | .. |
 Ban praises Suu Kyi for her leadership U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's main opposition leader and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, for her courage in the fight for human rights. ... more | .. |
 Egypt military says may transfer power on May 24 Egypt's military chief of staff said on Wednesday the army may transfer power to an elected president on May 24 if the vote is decided in the first round, state television reported. ... more |
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 Jordan's king walks a tightrope on reform King Abdullah II, a key U.S. ally in the Arab world, has gone through three prime ministers in 18 months as he struggles to avoid the kind of Arab Spring political upheaval that toppled four presidents in 2011. ... more | .. |
Algeria's Islamists brace for May polling Algeria is deploying 60,000 security troops across the restive country amid campaigning for May parliamentary elections in which Islamists are running for the first time in two decades. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: France's next vote The first question arising from the first round of the French presidential election was how the markets would react. They answered in the negative, knocking close to $150 billion off the value of European stocks. ... more |
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 How WWII codes on Twitter thwarted French vote law Twitter users turned Sunday's French presidential election into a battle between a green Hungarian wine and a red Dutch cheese in a bid to get round tough laws banning result predictions. ... more | .. |
Marine Le Pen: the new, and old, face of French far right Marine Le Pen, who made a spectacular French presidential election debut Sunday, has sought to transcend the bigoted image of the National Front she inherited from her firebrand father Jean-Marie. ... more | .. |
Euro troubles compounded by French polls Eurozone troubles are becoming compounded by the conservatives' fading fortunes in France and dim prospects for President Nicolas Sarkozy. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong leader-elect sees bigger role for govt Hong Kong's incoming leader says government should play a greater role in the famously laissez-faire territory to improve social welfare and tackle inequality, a report said Thursday. ... more |
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Outside View: A presidential challenge With the emergence of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the presumptive Republican nominee, the presidential campaign should enter a serious phase given the gravitas of the issues. Yet the sorry state of American politics means that the chances of a meaningful debate over these difficult and indeed potentially intractable issues confronting the nation aren't good. ... more | .. |
 Iraq's Sadr calls for boycott of F1 race in Bahrain Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a boycott of the upcoming Formula 1 race in Bahrain over the kingdom's continued crackdown on dissidents, in a statement released on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Canberra partially lifts Myanmar sanctions Australia inched closer to normalizing relations with Myanmar by lifting travel and financial bans on around 260 people, including the president and other senior politicians. ... more |
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Indonesia's Aceh province elects ex-rebel as governor Indonesia's Aceh province Tuesday elected a former rebel as governor, who vowed to implement a "purer" form of sharia in what is the country's only region to practise the Islamic law. ... more | .. |
 Walker's World: A French vote shock? If momentum and popular enthusiasm can transform a country's politics, then France faces the possibility of a dramatic shock in the first round of the presidential elections next Sunday. ... more | .. |
 French Greens struggle as star candidate stumbles With a well-known crusading judge as its candidate and riding high from a series of prior electoral successes, France's Greens were hoping for a breakthrough in this month's presidential vote. ... more | .. |
 Turkey arrests ex-officers over 1997 'coup' Several high-ranking Turkish ex-officers were arrested on Monday on suspicion of being behind the 1997 forced removal of an Islamist-led government, local media reported. ... more |
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