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After the 2014 coup in Kiev the dully elected President Yanukovich had fled the country. His supporters in parliament were afraid and would no show up for further assemblies. The incoming U.S. selected government immediately set out to suppress the Russian speaking parts of Ukraine. The first move of the rump parliament, now dominated by right-wing people from west Ukraine, was to prohibit the Russian language for official business. The ethnic Russian population in the east and southeast was opposed to the coup and rebelled against it. The new government tried to oppress it by military means. But a lot...

Election In Iraq Fraught With Problems, Violence The line stretched on into the distance, made up of listless and bored Iraqis waiting for their chance to try out the 'voting' fad. "I don't know why we bother," remarked Abdul Quatai, 36, "After all, you hear about how George Bush stole the 2000 and 2004 elections in America, and you think 'what's the point?'". The dreary day was only punctuated by the occasional explosion, as Iraqs brave freedom-fighters attempted to thwart what they called "an American puppet-show". One Iraqi police officer was killed, putting the total number of dead up to...