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August 2013 Yarn
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Category Archives: Commonwealth Corner
Pakistan Moslem-on-Moslem blood-letting savagery continues
A bombing in the city of Quetta, in western Pakistan, left about 90 people killed and 160 injured. It was just another episode in the rampage of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an extremist Sunni militant group, who claimed responsibility for the blast, in its efforts to create a one-faith nation. Continue reading
Woman heads new political party formed in South Africa
South Africa has a new political party that could will put news faces and challenges before the old, powerful but riven African National Congress (ANC), which since 1994 has been a sure-thing at the polls.
The new body is headed by Mamphela Ramphele, a former senior World Bank official and anti-apartheid activist. It’s called Agang, and she says it would compete in the next elections in 2014. Its chances of making an impression were not rated highly.
— Murray Burt
International court to sit on cases involving Zimbabwe’s mass rapes
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s indefatigable 89-year-old president, is preparing his people for an election in the next few months but results may be a departure from the scandalous sleigh-rides to success he has enjoyed in the past. Continue reading
Opposition delivers Singapore a shocker by-election
Results in indomitable Singapore’s by-elections, generally a sure-thing for the governing People’s Action Party (PAP), turned out to be a bookie’s nightmare. Continue reading