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Election 2012: Indifference of the administration and the Defense Department will cause a record low military vote this year, particularly in swing states. Those who protect our right to vote deserve better. A new report by the Military Voter Protection Project found that absentee ballot requests by the military have dropped significantly since 2008 and are on track to make 2012 a record low for the military vote. As of Sept. 22, requests were down 46% in Florida, 70% in Virginia and 70% in Ohio. "These are (the) lowest numbers we've seen in the last decade," Eric Eversole, founder and...

IDB YOUTH TO HOLD VIRTUAL FORUM ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DURING MAY IN PREPARATION FOR FOURTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS Young Entrepreneurs of the Americas: Forum for the Participation of Civil Society The Inter-American Development Bank will hold a series of virtual forums May 2-27 to promote a wide dialogue on the concerns of young entrepreneurs and business people have related to employment in Latin America and the Caribbean.All young people who would like to discuss and make recommendations on employment, competitiveness, business environments, education, technology, leadership, good citizenship, and democracy are welcome to participate. Members of the IDB Youth Network can...

Media Credit: Pierre Roussel/iPhoto IDB President Enrique Iglesias and other officials of multilateral development banks are under increased scrutiny. Yellow police tape sealed off a sixth-floor office in the exquisite headquarters of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) just two blocks from the White House. The tape barred entry to the room, but it could not contain the horror within, where a former official of an IDB Central American office, reportedly distraught over misconduct at the multilateral development bank (MDB), had slashed throat and wrists. While doing so, say IDB insiders, the former official wrote in blood on an office...

The Formation of a New Pan-Islamic Union? Warren Pollock January 18, 2002 Warren Pollock Overview Abbdulla Gul, the new PM of Turkey, spent eight years in Saudi Arabia working for the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). The activity of that bank remains largely opaque yet it has considerable reach across the Ottoman and Arabian world. Bank members carve out a piece of the globe greater than the European Union. It includes the middle of Africa, Turkey, Arabia, the "Stans" of the former Soviet Union, and Malaysia. Economically the foundation for a Pan-Islamic-Union may be formed and ready for the political mortar...