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...those eligible, stands out as a main blemish on an otherwise admirable effort on the part of the Iraqi government and the United States armed forces. It is not yet known with any certainty exactly why Sunni turnout was so low; while many voters might have stayed away in protest, it seems likely that were kept away because of poll closings, inadequate ballots and terrorist threats. According to one account cited in Reuters, “many Iraqis arrived late to find ballot sheets had run out, possibly skewing results for the already disgruntled minority.” Thus...
...former Finance Minister, along with four others; in a grenade blast at a rally for the Awami League party; in Laskarpur, northeast Bangladesh. The party whose leader, Sheikh Hasina, narrowly escaped a similar bombing in the capital Dhaka last August, called a nationwide general strike over the weekend to protest the killings. Subsequent riots in Dhaka and other areas led to more than 100 arrests...
...polls, questioning their legitimacy and insisting that elections can't be held as long as U.S. troops remain in the country. They may share some of the political goals and concerns of the insurgency, but they insist that a non-violent call for a boycott is a legitimate democratic protest tactic...
...protest, people had been called to pray, fast, dress in black (one woman wore nothing but red-white-and-blue underpants), turn their backs, skip work, boycott gas, spend "Not One Damn Dime" to bring the economy to a halt for a day of lament. There were flags burned and snowballs thrown, much jostling, some pepper spray. The satirical Billionaires for Bush auctioned off Social Security and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before moving on to their Re-Coronation Ball (its code: "Dress to oppress"). The spirit of the First Amendment floated down Pennsylvania Avenue, between protesters chanting "Racist, sexist...
...most fully realized piece of Pop art to emerge from the 2004 political campaigns. Armstrong is a punk-rock millionaire from Northern California, and his party affiliation isn't tough to guess. But while most would-be artistic commentators droned on about candidates and policies, Armstrong dramatized his protest. A verse like...