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An interesting week in Politics

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Surely we have moved on?

Civil rights are back on the agenda in US politics. All that work and sacrifice.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/01/17/civil.rights.memories/index.html?hpt=C1


Tunisia changes the old guard


A country with 98% of its population literate, yet 65% of them aged fewer than 30 years of age and most without proper jobs and that was a recipe for revolution – peaceful till the Security Forces opened fire. Some of its neighbours must be watching and wondering if they are next.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/world/africa/18tunis.html?WT.mc_id=WO-SM-E-FB-SM-LIN-TAN-011711-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click


First it was Burma and now the Internet and social networking joined the forces of opposition together and they marched as one

http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/14/first_thoughts_on_tunisia_and_the_role_of_the_internet


Just why has he returned?

Papa Doc Junior, rumored to be worth at least US$600 million has returned to Haiti – why?
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/16/haiti.duvalier/index.html?npt=NP1


Another busy global political week ahead...
 
Posted by Faye Meadows on 24/01/2011 15:32:44


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