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    US campaign funding sets bad example

    News, Published on 22/01/2012

    » The trend in the US of staging ever costlier and more drawn out elections is obviously not one the rest of the world should followMany people around the world are no doubt shaking their heads in disbelief at the field of Republican Party candidates competing to be the party's standard bearer in November's US presidential elections. Equally inexplicable to people in most if not all other democratic nations are the massive amounts of money put into US election campaigns. The non-partisan Centre for Responsive Politics estimated that well over $1 billion was spent on presidential campaigns in the 2008 election, most coming from the same industries and interests that funded previous elections.

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    Good start to 2012 holds hope for further right steps

    News, Published on 18/01/2012

    » 'I will be very happy to meet my family," Nilar Thein said over the phone last Friday, just minutes after stepping through the gate of Tharrawaddy Prison. At the time, her family was in fact on the way to greet her, and her husband was in the process of being released from Taunggyi Prison in Shan State.

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    All you really need to know about primaries

    News, Robert W Fitts, Published on 10/01/2012

    » The US presidential primaries form a lengthy contest to determine the presidential candidates for the Democratic and Republican parties. The events stretch a full six months from Jan 3 in Iowa to June 26 in Utah. Though the news media will do their best to portray the primaries as a multi-faceted horse race worthy of close attention, the results are almost certain.

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    Lonely voices presage US awakening

    News, Imtiaz Muqbil, Published on 08/01/2012

    » When Time magazine recognised ''The Protester'' as its Person of the Year for 2011, my first reaction was: What took so long?

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