Political Parties stories:
SPIN METER: Did Obama grovel?
Nov 17th, 2009 - ajc
WASHINGTON — Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling before a foreign leader.Russian opposition slates Medvedev election reforms
Nov 12th, 2009 - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's pro-Western opposition on Thursday dismissed President Dmitry Medvedev's promises to reform the political system as empty and said they saw little prospect of an easing of Kremlin domination.U.N.'s Ban praises Iraqi election law
Nov 9th, 2009 - UPI
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Iraqi lawmakers for passing a key election law in time for a January parliamentary election.
US withdrawal from Iraq on schedule -- for now
Nov 9th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament's approval of an election law on Sunday cleared a major potential obstacle to the U.S. military meeting its timetable for withdrawing all combat troops by September 2010.Results of US-Burma meeting are unclear
Nov 5th, 2009 - Washington Post
BANGKOK -- After a rare trip by high-level U.S. diplomats to Burma, there is was little indication from either nation Thursday about how the Obama administration's overture of engagement had been received.



