Sunday, May 6, 2012

Apathy Prevails as #Algeria Readies for Parliamentary Elections

Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia cautioned against protests or unrest during the elections, telling a crowd of voters a day before the monthlong campaign ended that the uprisings that led to the ouster of leaders in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt have brought nothing but chaos to the region.

Nathan Eakins

6:44 AM  -    -  Public
The fate of the British as a nation of brave worthy, polite and moral people depends on what this people will put up with, while telling the House (and subsequently) the magistrates lies is what we have grown accustomed to, we yelled at the TV, "No it's about justice and oil!" when we learnt exPresident Bush Snr survived an assassination attempt in 1993 as a response from Saddam to the liberation of...
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Susan Jordan

6:40 AM  -    -  Public
For Big Oil, the Libya Opening That Wasn't »
Regime change in Libya, and a sense of political opening elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa, hasn't opened doors or eased terms as some big oil companies had hoped.