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Police arrest an anti-government protestor during clashes in Senegal's capital Dakar. Feb. 19, 2012. (Reuters/Joe Penney)

Violent clashes ahead of Senegalese election

by Jack Rodolico on February 22, 2012


Rocks, batons, tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons - riot police have used whatever they can to subdue protests against President Wade's bid for a third term. But protestors are still hitting the pavement in Dakar, Senegal. ...
Dmitri Surnin's vote card reads: A Just Russia, 218 votes; Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, 133 votes; Patriots of Russia, 15 votes; Communist, 285 votes; Yabloko, 167 votes; United Russia, 271 votes; Right Cause, 16 votes. (Courtesy of Surnin)

In Russia, election monitoring gets hip

by Charles Maynes on December 14, 2011


You want to participate in politics? Be an election monitor! That’s what a lot of people did for the first time in Russia this month. They found themselves in the middle of the story ...

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