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Many miracles spoil the polls
News, Published on 03/03/2018
» Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva believes too many "miracles" can spoil a general election -- an oblique reference to the suspected shenanigans of political puppet masters operating behind the scenes in the run-up to the anticipated poll.
West ups heat on Damascus as Ghouta civilians await aid
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Western powers turned up the heat on Damascus on Friday as tens of thousands of civilians in Syria's battered rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta awaited desperately needed aid.
Italian election campaign enters home straight
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» ROME - Italy's rival political parties wrap up a bitter campaign on Friday ahead of an election on Sunday in which former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi could once again play a leading role.
42 register as new parties on opening day
Published on 02/03/2018
» Registration for new political parties began on Friday, with 34 groups turning up to register with the Election Commission.
SET may allow 'click to vote'
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/03/2018
» The equity market may soon allow its own brand of online activism.
British PM to outline post-Brexit trade ties with EU
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May will detail plans Friday for a new economic relationship with the EU after Brexit, amid heightened tensions with Brussels over the implications for Northern Ireland.
PM's poll promise 'designed to ease pressure'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/03/2018
» The government is expected to roll out more populist policies in the coming months, such as its recently launched Niyom Yangyeun scheme, to pave the way for a potential return to power after an election in February, political scientists say.
The real worry about Italy's election
News, Paul Wallace, Published on 02/03/2018
» Ahead of Italy's election on March 4, investors are most afraid of political change. They worry that the government may succumb to the populist forces that France and the Netherlands dodged last year. Such fears are misplaced. Italian political risk is overhyped. By contrast there is undue complacency about Italy's vulnerable economy, the third biggest in the euro area.
Puigdemont abandons bid to return as Catalan leader
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» BARCELONA - Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont said Thursday he had abandoned his bid to return as regional president in an attempt to unblock a political impasse as the region remains without a fully-functioning government.
'Listen to us now': Putin talks up 'invincible' weapons ahead of poll
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin boasted Russia has developed a new generation of "invincible" weapons in his state of the nation address on Thursday, warning global powers they must now reckon with Moscow's military might.