Saturday, January 21, 2006

Jakarta Responsible for Over 100,000 Deaths in East Timor

"The numbers, the figures, can be disputed, but the essential point is to remind not only our future generation not to commit all that happened before again in East Timor, but also to remind the international community to try every day to ensure that it doesn't have to happen again elsewhere."

Friday, January 20, 2006

Virginia: Allen Beats Miller by 30 pts.

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New Jersey: Kean Leads Menendez by 11 pts in Senate Race

Papuan Genocide in Indonesia?

PARTY SWITCH! Morgan County Commission (TN) Now All GOP

"As I said in August of last year, I felt like the Democratic Party needed to change."

"The moral issues on the national level needed to be addressed. The people in the county are different from that."

—Jeff Clark, Morgan County Tennessee Commissioner, District 1

Ohio: Blackwell Beating Strickland

Maryland: Ehrlich Behind in "Battleground" Poll

...But he's winning in another poll.

Canada: 2/3 Want New Government

Jan. 17

Jan. 16

Jan. 14

Jan. 13

Conservative

41%

42%

40%

40%

Liberal

25%

24%

27%

27%

New Democratic Party

17%

17%

16%

16%

Bloc Québécois

12%

12%

11%

11%

Green

5%

6%

6%

6%

Provincial Breakdown (Jan. 15 to Jan. 17)

BC

Prai.

Ont.

Que.

Conservative

44%

57%

38%

30%

Liberal

26%

18%

35%

13%

New Democratic Party

25%

18%

21%

6%

Bloc Québécois

--

--

--

48%

Green

5%

7%

6%

3%

Time for a new government?

Jan. 17

Jan. 6

Jan. 3

Yes

66%

60%

58%

No

24%

30%

31%

Source: The Strategic Counsel / CTV / The Globe and Mail
Methodology: Interviews with 1,500 Canadian adults, conducted from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17, 2006. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

Canada: Conservatives Gain in BC

Which party would you support in the next federal election?

Jan. 2006

Sept. 2005

Jun. 2005

Conservative

38%

23%

22%

New Democratic Party

29%

26%

29%

Liberal

27%

46%

41%

Green

6%

4%

7%

Source: Mustel
Methodology: Interviews with 1,002 British Columbian adults, conducted from Jan. 10 to Jan. 16, 2006. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

Tension Between Moldova & Russia

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Pennsylvania: Santorum Chips Away at Gap

Indonesia: Flooding Kills Scores in Java

South America's Two Dictators Meet

"Hydrocarbons and their nationalization we're going to talk about that," Chavez told reporters.

New York: Dems and GOP Join Together in Nassau County

Interesting political chess moves on Long Island.

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