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Technical fault delays Mali plane - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Technical fault delays Mali plane
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These developments show the need to make urgent progress in implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Mali, and ensure that military intervention is reinforced by an inclusive political process leading to elections and a return to full civilian ...
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UK aids France in Mali struggle - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
UK aids France in Mali struggle
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"These developments show the need to make urgent progress in implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Mali, and ensure that military intervention is reinforced by an inclusive political process leading to elections and a return to full civilian ...
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Britain assists operations in Mali - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Britain assists operations in Mali
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"These developments show the need to make urgent progress in implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Mali, and ensure that military intervention is reinforced by an inclusive political process leading to elections and a return to full civilian ...
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Defiant Assad dismisses talks bid - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Defiant Assad dismisses talks bid
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He offered a national reconciliation conference, elections and a new constitution but demanded regional and Western countries stop funding and arming rebels trying to overthrow him first. Syria's opposition swiftly rejected the proposal. Those fighting ...
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Elections in 2013 Will Indicate Future Direction of 'Arab Spring' - CNSNews.com
Elections in 2013 Will Indicate Future Direction of 'Arab Spring'
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Salafist lawmakers attend a session of the Egyptian parliament in this January 2012 file photo. The Islamist-dominated assembly was later disbanded by court order, and Egyptians will return to the polls before the end of February to elect a new one.
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Emancipation: January 1, 1863 - CNSNews.com (blog)
Emancipation: January 1, 1863
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There would be political reverses in the mid-term congressional elections that fall. Democrats campaigned on the slogan "The Union as it was and the Constitution as it is." That meant slavery would be secure in all the states where it then existed ...
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Elections in 2013 to Give Pointers to Future Direction of 'Arab Spring' - CNSNews.com
Elections in 2013 to Give Pointers to Future Direction of 'Arab Spring'
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Salafist lawmakers attend a session of the Egyptian parliament in this January 2012 file photo. The Islamist-dominated assembly was later disbanded by court order, and Egyptians will return to the polls before the end of February to elect a new one.
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Abbey memorial honour for Wilson - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Abbey memorial honour for Wilson
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Harold Wilson, who died in 1995 aged 79, won four general elections and was prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976. Under his leadership, his government supported backbench MPs in liberalising laws on censorship, divorce, abortion and ...
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Duncan Smith slams tax credit abuse - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Duncan Smith slams tax credit abuse
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In a scathing attack on the welfare model developed by the last government, Iain Duncan Smith said tax credits were "not fit for purpose" but had been extended ahead of the 2005 and 2010 general elections in a pitch for votes. The system was "wide open ...
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UN envoy warns of Syria collapse - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
UN envoy warns of Syria collapse
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The proposal calls for an open-ended ceasefire and the formation of a transitional government to run the country until elections can be held and a new constitution drafted. The regime of president Bashar Assad and the scores of rebels groups fighting ...
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Brahimi urges end to Syria violence - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Brahimi urges end to Syria violence
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... Mr Brahimi has sought to advance an international plan, reached in Geneva six months ago, that calls for an open-ended ceasefire between rebels and government troops and the formation of a transitional government to run the country until elections ...
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Support for Ukip hits high of 15% - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Support for Ukip hits high of 15%
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In a New Year message, he said Ukip's performances in a series of by-elections demonstrated that it was taking votes from Labour as well as the Tories. "I'm particularly pleased to think back to the by-elections, especially the ones we had in Corby ...
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Doctors welcome Mandela home care - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Doctors welcome Mandela home care
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The Nobel laureate served one five-year term as president after South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. Although the country today struggles with poverty and inequality, Mr Mandela is widely credited with helping to avert race-driven chaos ...
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Mandela released from hospital - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Mandela released from hospital
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The Nobel laureate served one five-year term as president after South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. Although the country today struggles with poverty and inequality, Mr Mandela is widely credited with helping to avert race-driven chaos ...
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Egyptians back new constitution - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Egyptians back new constitution
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Turnout of 32.9% of Egypt's nearly 52 million registered voters was quite a bit lower than most other elections since the uprising nearly two years ago that ousted authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak. Mohammed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, ...
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Islamists claim victory in Egypt - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Islamists claim victory in Egypt
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The group has accurately tallied the outcome of past elections. The passage of the constitution would be a victory for Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The Freedom and Justice Party, the Brotherhood's political arm, said in a statement that it hoped ...
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Egyptians approve constitution - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Egyptians approve constitution
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The turnout then was about 32%. Saturday's turnout was about 30%. The Brotherhood, of which Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hails, has accurately predicted election results in the past by tallying results provided by its representatives at polling ...
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Parliament dissolved by Italians - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Parliament dissolved by Italians
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Italy's president has dissolved parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, formally setting the stage for general elections in February in which Mr Monti's participation remains unclear. President Giorgio Napolitano signed the ...
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Monti resigns as Italian premier - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
Monti resigns as Italian premier
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Prime Minister Mario Monti has handed in his resignation to Italy's president, bringing to a close his 13-month technical government and preparing the country for national elections. President Giorgio Napolitano accepted the resignation but asked Mr ...
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UN backs military operation in Mali - Buckinghamshire Advertiser
UN backs military operation in Mali
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The UN Security Council has approved an African-led military operation to oust al Qaida-linked extremists from northern Mali - but not before the training of the country's security forces and progress on political reconciliation and elections. The ...
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