Bad news from the New York Times yesterday: Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers have made a “clarification” to the rules on how the new Iraqi constitution will be passed: Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters – rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots – reject …
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Now we wait. Update, Turkey has accepted the deal… “Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Ankara had reached agreement on a draft deal, and was flying to Luxembourg for the start of the talks.” Austria was the last hold out keeping the EU from opening talks with Turkey.. they have apparently, fallen into line. Now …
Good news came out of the Canadian Senate (ya we do have one of those). Whether it means anything is another question all together. The Senate Defence Committee help a press conferece today detailing changes they thought needed to be made to Canada defense sector of governmentand spending. #1: Increase Spending (obviously any “improvement” short …
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