DEMOCRACY

News About Democratic Processes

2,854 articles

Turkey coup trial resumes without ailing defendants
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
Turkey's landmark trial into the bloody 1980 coup resumed on Friday in the absence of the two defendants, whose old age and frail health is still preventing the...
Clinton hails Egypt vote but warns it's 'just the beginning'
Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday congratulated Egypt's newly elected Islamist president, but cautioned that the election was just a first step...
Egypt court suspends military arrest powers
Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's administrative court suspended on Tuesday a justice ministry decision to allow the ruling military powers to arrest civilians, a judicial source said. T...
Egypt facing hope, challenges
Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)
The election of Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi as Egypt's first democratically elected president will be good for U.S. business interests, top Cham...
Clinton, Rousseff speak out for women's rights in Rio
Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)
Some of the world's most powerful women, including US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, have lamented the omission of w...
Commentary: Romney's competing teams
Jun 21, 2012 (UPI)
Ever since Mitt Romney announced his team of 22 special advisers on foreign policy and national security issues and 13 separate regional and issue-oriented work...
China's Ai Weiwei barred from court in tax case
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was barred from a hearing Wednesday challenging a multi-million-dollar tax order against a firm he founded, he said, accusing...
Nepal's governing communists split
Jun 19, 2012 (UPI)
A hard-line faction of the governing Unified Communist Party of Nepal has split away, claiming the prime minister has destroyed the UCPN's achievements. Mohan B...
Outside View: Egypt's political process
Jun 19, 2012 (UPI)
Car manufacturers know, if a new model sells well, stay with it. Simply introduce enhancements annually -- but, having made it popular, don't abandon it for one...
US concerned Egypt's military clinging to power
Jun 18, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said Monday Egypt's military appeared to be clinging to power after ruling generals declared sweeping new powers just after a pivotal presiden...
Egypt army issues new constitutional document: state TV
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's ruling military council has issued an amended constitutional declaration, Egypt's state television reported on Sunday, as polls in the country's key pre...
Socialists take absolute majority in French parliament
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
France's Socialists won control of parliament Sunday, handing President Francois Hollande the convincing majority he needs to push through his tax-and-spend age...
Political speech targeted with take-down requests: Google
Jun 17, 2012 (AFP)
Political commentary remains a prime target as governments increase the number of requests for Google to remove material from the reach of Internet users. The I...
Nobel Peace laureates who missed their ceremonies
Jun 16, 2012 (AFP)
More than 20 years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi will give her Nobel lecture on Saturday, prevented, like o...
Egypt military says presidential run-off on schedule
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's ruling military council said on Thursday that a presidential run-off election will go ahead as scheduled on June 16 and 17, after a court rejected a law...
Britain seeks end to Myanmar rioting
Jun 14, 2012 (UPI)
Britain this week called for a peaceful resolution of ethnic and sectarian violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, where mounting casualties have been reported. Fo...
Brazil mounts huge security operation for Rio summit
Jun 14, 2012 (AFP)
Brazil is mounting a massive security operation for the UN Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, with 20,000 troops and police on alert to thwart any cy...
Egypt grants army powers of arrest
Jun 13, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's justice minister on Wednesday granted the army the right to arrest civilians, after such powers expired with the lifting of the decades-old state of eme...
Myanmar president appeals for calm
Jun 12, 2012 (UPI)
Myanmar President Thein Sein has appealed for calm in Rakhine state as clashes between the Muslim minority and Buddhist majority escalate. Tensions rose dramati...
Online freedom: an app for that is coming
Jun 11, 2012 (AFP)
For people living in countries where the the government monitors and censors the Internet, help is on the way. It may be in a smartphone app or it could be a cl...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.