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The Week Ahead
The Economist summarizes what to expect in the coming week. In short:
- presidential elections in Nigeria: “an oil-rich but troubled west African nation with some 140m people.”
- the trial against… José Padilla is expected to begin… after five years.
- presidential elections dans la France.
- and Bhutan will hold a “mock election” to “familiarise both voters and officialdom with the alien procedures of a democratic poll”. Quite a fascinating country, isn’t it?
5 Responses to “The Week Ahead”
I’m betting for Sarkozy to win in France, and if he does, he’ll have immigration to thank. I have no idea if Sarkozy can actually begin to solve the hideous immigraiton issue in France, but even the faintest of hopes is enough to get him elected. Next door in Spain people are anxiously awaiting out own Sarkozy to come, to give us an alternative to the “everything about the immigration phenomenon is wonderful, and if you think otherwise, you’re a racist!”. Sad actually, before this issue arose, I and many like me would never dream of voting for someone like him, but now in the streets you hear people say they wish they were French so they could vote for him.
I expect trouble in Nigeria. I also expect more frequent Al Quaida, (and copy cat), attacks in North and east Africa.
Al Sadr says he is withdrawing from the Iraqi government.
Blow back from the misguided surge?
The feces is going to hit the wind movement generator.
Read all about it
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http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2007-04-15T190559Z_01_PAR340730_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml
Link feature did not work, maybe I am missing something?
> Al Sadr says he is withdrawing
> from the Iraqi government.
>
> Blow back from the misguided
> surge?
No, a decision by Iran to do something more effective than kidnapping British military personnel.