A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
With an economy spiraling with world-record inflation rates, Zimbabwe is a country in turmoil. Political wrangling occupies national and local attention, when essential services, medical aid and basic food are scarce and increasingly expensive commodities. can international intervention help prevent another humanitarian crisis in africa?
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
Fiji’s leader has restored his military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to the post of interim prime minister a day after suspending the constitution.
President Ratu Josefa Iloilo acted after a senior court ruled that Commodore Bainimarama had come to power illegally through a coup in 2006.
The president’s actions have been condemned by the US and Australia.
The army uprising in December 2006 was the country’s fourth coup in 20 years.
The military said it had been forced to remove a corrupt and racist administration led by Mr Qarase.
But critics of Commodore Bainimarama have accused him of being a “power-hungry dictator”. Is the current government legitimate or illegal?
JAPAN DECIDES – ELECTION OVERVIEW
apan is set to go to the polls in what could be an historic election.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose.
Opinion polls have indicated that the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is well placed to make major gains, possibly ending more than five decades of almost uninterrupted LDP rule.
With four prime ministers in the last four years, critics say the LDP is in disarray and many voters want a major change in government.
Whoever wins the general election will face the challenge of turning Japan’s economic recovery into sustainable growth.
- More than 1,300 candidates competing for 480-seats in lower chamber of the Diet legislature.
- 300 members are elected from single-member constituencies and the remainder through proportional representation.
- Before parliament was dissolved in July, the ruling LDP had 303 seats along with its partner the New Komeito party which held 31.
- The main opposition DPJ had 112 seats, with the rest divided between smaller parties and independents.
- A win by the DPJ would mark a dramatic shift in Japan’s political landscape, which has been dominated by the LDP since 1955.
A new Enviroment/Climate poll has been created.
Recently WWF and other international organizations aimed to raise awareness of our global warming climate crisis by switching off lights for an hour in major cities and landmarks around the world. did it work, did it help?
A new Lifestyle/Health poll has been created.
There’s a lot of news sources out there. Which do you check every day?
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
A referendum will be held in Switzerland on 27 September 2009. Two questions will be put to the voters: This is the second:
Accepting the decision not to introduce ‘allgemeine Volksinitiativen’ (Public education initiatives) (which has been deemed impossible for procedural reasons). Vote Yes or No.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
Legislative elections will be held in Portugal on 27 September 2009.
A new Politics/Elections poll has been created.
This election and its delayed implementation due to regional instability has been criticized by opposition parties, ut on 11 July 2009, all parties signed an electoral code of conduct, opening the way for elections in September.
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