Washington: Ballooning oil and gas wealth is contributing to an
accelerated process of democratic decline in the leading energy rich
states of the former Soviet Union according to “Nations in Transit
2008,” a new study released Tuesday by Freedom House.
The study finds a sharp and systematic erosion
of accountability and transparency in Russia, Azerbaijan and
Kazakhstan, affecting a range of sectors, such as civil society,
electoral process, and media and judicial independence.
WASHINGTON: White House contender Barack Obama and his defeated
Democratic rival Hillary Clinton will hold their first joint
campaign rally in the aptly named New Hampshire town of Unity, aides
said Monday.
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Tuesday returned to
his office for the first time since thousands of protesters
surrounded the compound four days ago to demand his resignation.
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has closed its border with Thailand at the disputed Preah Vihear temple after a group of Thai protesters rallied near the ruins, officials said here on Tuesday.
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