'Wind from the North' whistles through Rome

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Italian Senator Umberto Bossi is leader of the Northern League that, together with other but smaller leagues, is proposing looser ties with Rome and the formation of an Italian federation. It all began as a tax revolt but now the League aspires to 25% to 30% of the vote in Lombardy, equalling or even bettering the performance of the Christian Democrats. Lombardy is certainly the most wealthy and most European part of Italy. The general proposal is for central national government from Rome with three separate parliaments at a lower level for and in the north, centre and south.

National government, Federal government

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Zen and the art of electoral chicanery

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Zen, a working-class suburb of Palermo, Sicily shows the typical example of a relationship existing between election candidates and voters and, basically, candidates buy votes. Mafia supergrass Totuccio Contorno says the Mafia controls 200,000 votes in the Palermo region alone that are used for the candidates it favours. On offer for votes is money, petrol coupons or even a job or pension. Electoral reform was introduced to hamper such vote rigging but restrictions have easily been overcome.

Elections, Ethical aspects, Election fraud

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North Africa fights fundamentalist tide

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Middle East Watch, the International Human Rights Law Group and the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights in the US charge Tunisian authorities with trying civilian defendants in military courts. Members of the Talaeh al Fidaa and the banned Islamic Al-Nahda party are on trial for planning to overthrow the state in Tunis. Islamic militants are increasing in Algeria and Egypt where dissatisfaction with corrupt politicians and economic problems provides motivation.

Tunisia, Islamic fundamentalism, Northern Africa, Tunis, Tunisia (City), Tunis, Tunisia

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