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April 26, 2012

Nationalism and Nostalgia Win in Timor Leste

by Anna Powles, Asia Times, Hong Kong - In a vote influenced by nationalism and nostalgia, Timor Leste's voters overwhelmingly chose former defense force chief Jose Maria Vasconcelos, more commonly known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak, as the young country's next president.

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Lessons of May 11

by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - Election 2013 has proved to be an enigma. We are a people in a hurry and immediately after the...

What Women Want: Merkel Scoring Points With Female Voters

by Christiane Hoffmann, Der Spiegel, Germany - The German left used to have a corner on the market when it came to progressive social issues....

Worrying Signs Afghan Women's Rights Will Slip After U.S. Departure

by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Atlantic, USA - In 2009, Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his powers of presidential decree to put a law to...

Standing Up to the ‘Landgrabbing’ Foresters

by Hazel Healy, New Internationalist, UK - Mixed in between the sunflowers, you can see the tips of pine trees, peering over the rim of...

Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook

by Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com, USA - It’s yet another story of how social media can apparently become a tool for abuse — and evidence...