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  • July 2008
    • How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      (Newser) - Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a sixth term as Zimbabwe's president—but this time, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change commands a majority in the country's parliament. That split offers the best hope of deposing Mugabe, writes Mark Y. Rosenberg in the New York Times. The best way to oust the president, he says, might simply be to get rid of the office altogether. More »

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      Zimbabwe   Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe elections   Morgan Tsvangirai   Zanu-PF   democratic parliament

  • March 2008
    • Bhutan to Measure Happiness

      Bhutan to Measure Happiness

      (Newser) - The king of Bhutan decided 20 years ago to start measuring his people's well-being—dubbed Gross National Happiness—but he never quite figured out how to quantify the national mood. With the Bhutan's first democratic election on Monday, and modernization transforming the long-isolated country, a commission has been charged with devising with the first GHI index, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      happiness   Bhutan   King Jigme Singye Wangchuck   democratic parliament

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