idely criticized internationally as being fraudulent." Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela and allied parties "captured 67% of seats in the National Assembly in Sunday's election" in which just 31% of voters turned out. The win "gives Maduro control of the last major branch of government outside his gras

y 4th, with participants claiming that 180,000 signatures have been gathered for a petition that calls for the dissolution of the Islamist-dominated National Assembly. In contrast, several hundred people protested the overthrow of Egypt's President Morsi in central Tunis on July 13th. Waving Tunisian and Egyptian

nment) in the cabinet. Press reports indicate that the opposition is unhappy with the result. The opposition also plans to protest the newly elected National Assembly (parliament) in court. A group of lawyers has called on the Constitutional Court to declare the election illegal and dissolve the parliament on the

adual economic recovery appears likely, although the European financial crisis could dampen foreign investment. Libya: Libya held elections for its National Assembly on July 7 with nearly two-thirds of Libyans voting in the first free election in half a century. In contrast to the trends in its Arab neighbors, ea

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