The 54-year reign of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is expected to come to an end on Sunday in the country’s first general election in four years. The main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , has little experience leading on a national level, but there are strong indications that voters will overwhelmingly support the party and its ambitious platform of reforming Japan’s broken system. After half a century Japan, it seems, is finally clamoring for change.
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Congress’s Blue Dog Democrats Slow Health-Care Reform
“Got a lot of farms in your district?” In Washington, Representative Dennis Moore, a six-term Democrat, fields that question all the time. People see that he’s from Kansas and they jump to certain conclusions.
Maoists strike as India votes in epic elections
Suspected Maoists ambushed Indian border guards in the country’s east Thursday, killing five of them, as the nation voted in the first round of general elections to choose a new federal government, officials said.