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| Beijing Crackdown |
 WHY is it that when Ai
Weiwei is detained, the
west assumes that he is a
victim of trumped-up
charges, but when Bo Xilai
is dismissed as the Chongqing party
chief, London and Washington follow
every step of Beijing?
The political upheaval triggered by
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| THE AMNESIA
CANDIDATE |
 JUST how stupid does Mitt
Romney think we are? If
you've been following his
campaign from the beginning,
that's a question you have
probably asked many times.
But the question was raised with
particular force last week, when
Romney tried to make... |
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Egypt military confirms ban on Mubarak officials
REUTERS
CAIRO EGYPT’S ruling military has approved a law that bans top Hosni Mubarak-era officials from running for the presidency, excluding his last prime minister and further depleting a field reduced by the disqualifications of other front-runners.
A copy of the law published on the website of the state-run al Ahram newspaper said the legislation would take effect from Tuesday. It showed that the bill had been printed in the official gazette, confirming that the legislation drafted by the Islamistdominated parliament had been approved by the military.
The law denies political rights to anyone who served as president, vice president or prime minister in the decade prior to Mubarak’s removal from power on February 11, 2011. It further applies to anyone who served in top posts in the ruling party.
That means Ahmed Shafiq, appointed as prime minister by Mubarak in his last days in power, is out of the race. He had been seen as one of four remaining front-runners for the presidency of the Arab world’s most populous country.
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