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Louisiana Primary—Facts, History & Links
ecthompsonmd February 8, 2008

The Louisiana primary will be held for both parties tomorrow, February 9. ( Louisiana wins the prize for best state seal.) Democrats will award 56 delegates and Republicans will have 20 delegates at stake. (Though some of these Republican delegates have already been spoken for in an earlier caucus.) For Democrats in the South in 2008, Senator Barack Obama has so far won the Deep South states of South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Hillary Clinton has won Arkansas, where she lived for many years, and the border state of Tennessee. Mrs. Clinton was the winner of the Florida poll, but due

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Kenya—Facts & Links
ecthompsonmd January 2, 2008

Folks in Kenya are slaughtering each other. Straight out the Nazi playbook of burning synagogues, a church full of people was burned in the Kenyan city of Eldoret.  30 people were burned to death. The pretense is the disputed outcome of the recent Presidential election. Closer to the heart of the matter may be long standing ethnic and tribal divisions. From The BBC— Ethnic tension, which has dogged Kenyan politics since independence in 1963, is widely believed to be behind the violence. With patronage and corruption still common, many Kenyans believe that if one of their relatives is in power, they will benefit directly, for example

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Pakistan Links & Info
ecthompsonmd December 27, 2007

With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan, here are some links to bloggers and other sources of information in Pakistan and some information abut that nation. Here is a link to a homepage linking to a large number of Pakistani bloggers. Here is the blog All Things Pakistan. Here is the blog The Insider Brief. Here is a link to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn. Here is the link to the Pakistan People’s Party. This was Ms. Bhutto’s party. Here is a link to a rundown of political parties in Pakistan. Here is an obituary for Ms. Bhutto from the BBC. Here is some American liberal

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