Archive for March 21st, 2009

Macedonia holds polls crucial for EU bid (AFP)

Written by on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 in 189781.

A woman walks near a large election billboard for the presidential candidate of the ruling VMRO DPMNE party George Ivanov in Skopje. Macedonia goes to the polls on March 22 in presidential and local elections termed pivotal for its hopes of EU accession, less than a year after a parliamentary vote was marred by deadly shootings.(AFP/File/Robert Atanasovski)AFP – Macedonia votes Sunday in presidential and local elections seen as crucial for its EU membership bid amid tight security aimed at avoiding deadly incidents such those that marred previous votes.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Supporters Take Obama’s Budget Door To Door

Written by on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 in Latest News.

President Obama is taking a tool from his campaign and using it to promote his budget. Thousands of people with the group Organizing For America are knocking on doors all across the country.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

In Iraq, Chaos Feared as U.S. Closes Prison

Written by on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 in Latest News.

GARMA, Iraq — The release of hundreds of prisoners from Camp Bucca, a U.S.-run prison in southern Iraq, has facilitated the revival of Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents in Basra, Baghdad and the borderless expanse here along the Euphrates, according to police chiefs, intelligence officials in…

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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