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Real winners of Sri Lanka’s election: A people emboldened to force change
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Real winners of Sri Lanka’s election: A people emboldened to force change

Al Jazeera  

Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. Back then, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the Marxist outfit that the country’s new president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, now leads, was reviled in swaths of southern Sri Lanka for having twice attempted violent revolution. The “curse” essentially, was the population having allowed political elites, largely organised into Sri Lanka’s two main …

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Five reasons why Modi's BJP should not take 2024 election victory as foregone
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Five reasons why Modi's BJP should not take 2024 election victory as foregone

Firstpost  

Every time a buoyant BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi goes to elections, a reference to the party’s 2004 ‘India Shining’ debacle comes up. The BJP of 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee lacked the aggression and electoral determination of the Modi establishment, had failed to grow the organisation in uncharted areas, and was heavily dependent on coalition partners like Chandrababu …

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12 million Americans still justify violence to restore Trump, finds survey
1 year, 6 months ago

12 million Americans still justify violence to restore Trump, finds survey

Hindustan Times  

Over 12 million American adults or 4.4% of the adult population still believe violence is justified to restore former US president Donald Trump to the White House, finds a survey by the University of Chicago. “What’s happening in the United States is political violence is going from the fringe to the mainstream.” Survey statistics The survey from April found that …

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Sudan’s military warns of conflict after rival force deploys
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan’s military warns of conflict after rival force deploys

Associated Press  

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s military warned Thursday of potential clashes with the country’s powerful paramilitary force, which it said had deployed troops in the capital of Khartoum and other areas without the army’s consent. In a statement, the military said the buildup of the RSF in Khartoum and elsewhere in the country was done without “the approval of, or coordination …

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