POLITICS-US: Yes, He Could Obama Handily Takes White House

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (IPS) – In a historic victory, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States.
Obama, the first African American to be elected to the nation’s highest office, was [...]

POLITICS-US – Racism Won’t Keep Arab Americans From Polls

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Habib Battah
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (IPS) – Arab Americans are expected to vote in large numbers Tuesday, despite concerns over voter intimidation and weak outreach from the presidential candidates, representatives of major community organisations say.
The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee [...]

POLITICS-US: Vote-Flipping Reported on E-Voting Machines

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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By Matthew Cardinale
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov 3 (IPS) – Several U.S. citizens reported watching their votes flip on electronic voting machines in different states during the early voting period, highlighting the continued vulnerability of “e-voting” systems, which about 50 [...]

POLITICS-US: Can Naturalised Citizens Tip the Balance?

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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By Nuzhat Naoreen
The Korean-American civic group YKASEC says it has registered more than 26,000 people to vote since 2004.
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (IPS) – Juan Carlos Jimenez had already lived legally in the United States for nearly 40 years [...]

POLITICS-US: Massive Turnout Expected to Tip Vote for Obama

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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By Jim Lobe
John McCain (left) and Barack Obama (right) have together spent more than a billion dollars on their campaigns – about 8 dollars per vote.
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (IPS) – On the eve of Tuesday’s [...]

POLITICS-US: Two, Three, Many Grand Bargains?

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Saturday, November 01, 2008
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Analysis by Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (IPS) – As the United States waded ever deeper into the Indochinese quagmire in the early 1960s, the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara called for ”two, three, many Vietnams” to bog down [...]

US PREDATOR STRIKES IN FATA STEPPED UP

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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B.RAMAN
“The reported US assurances to respect Pakistani sovereignty in its territory did not apply to air strikes, which could continue as before. In fact, the Pakistan Army itself had agreed to these air strikes [...]

POLITICS: U.S. Cutoff Threat Unlikely to Save Iraq Troop Pact

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) – The threat by the George W. Bush administration last week to withdraw all economic and military support from the Iraqi government if it does not accept the U.S.-Iraq status [...]

POLITICS-US: Analysts Question Timing of Syria Raid

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (IPS) – A cross-border raid into Syria by U.S. forces in Iraq, and a subsequent stonewalling by U.S. officials unwilling to divulge details, has led to rampant speculation among U.S. analysts about the [...]

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: WAITING FOR OBL

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO 461
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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B.RAMAN
It is just one week before the US Presidential elections. We all know all that we want to know about the two candidates Senators John McCain of the Republican Party and Senator Barrack [...]

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