Politics | Election Fraud

2010-03-16: Headlines

AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: If Auditors Clear US, Who Are the Alumni --Absu VC 2010-03-16
In this interview with Correspendent STEVE OKO, he speaks on the alleged fraud of N10 billion slammed on the leadership team by the university's alumni ...
The News-Press: Hospital bill problem must be solved: Editorial 2010-03-16
... but it will take more than one willing legislator to have the courage to move forward with this, and Thompson is not running for for re-election.
Earthtimes: Opposition leader hits at Iran's foreign policy - Summary 2010-03-16
Karroubi, leader of the opposition Etemad Melli party, is a fierce opponent of the president and has accused him of fraud in the election.
Center for Research on Globalization: Ukraine Geopolitics and the US-NATO Military Agenda: Tectonic Shift ... 2010-03-16
[12] When Yushchenko lost the 2004 election to Viktor Yanukovych, several elements worked in concert to create an aura of fraud around the result ...
The Guardian: Would Michael Foot have survived the new puritanism? 2010-03-16
If you want to get a sense of proportion about fraud read Phillip Inman's reports today – this one's even scarier – about the "window dressing" role played ...
AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Buhari, AC Under Fire Over Attack On Iwu 2010-03-16
... Dr Okwudiba Ibemesi, however advised Buhari, AC and others to leave Iwu alone adding it would be unfair to blame the INEC chairman for electoral fraud.
Antiwar.com: Fraud Allegations Mount as Maliki Maintains Lead 2010-03-16
But it wouldn't be an election in the region without allegations of massive voter fraud and, perhaps unsurprisingly ...
Workers' Liberty: Iraq: now fight for a labour law! 2010-03-16
... when it took five months after the election to choose a prime minister, but it will be sordid. Allawi's group has already alleged electoral fraud.
Middle East North Africa Financial Network: IHEC: 25000 Iraqis voted in Amman-hosted polls 2010-03-16
Voters are currently being cross-checked against central databases in Iraq to root out any voter fraud, they added. The final results have not yet been ...
MWC News: Iraqi PM pulls ahead of poll rivals 2010-03-16
But al-Maliki conceded that "there were some cases of fraud, but it has not been enough to upend the election process". Election officials also downplayed ...
Dissident Voice: Obama and Cuba: End of an Illusion 2010-03-16
His political “awakening” followed a career in petty crimes such as burglary and fraud that escalated into more serious offenses of assault landing him ...
Dissident Voice: Jeopardizing US Standing: The Petraeus Controversy 2010-03-16
Michael Collins writes for Scoop Independent News and a variety of other web publications on election fraud and other corruptions of the new millennium.
BBC News: Iraq bomb attacks kill at least eight people 2010-03-16
However, the count has been plagued by technical difficulties, the complicated nature of the ballot, and allegations of fraud. No one group is expected ...
Nazret.com: Which Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa? Conference on Governance, Peace ... 2010-03-16
... of the European Parliament who had headed its election monitoring team to the 2005 Ethiopian parliamentary elections and had exposed electoral fraud ...
UN Observer: Felicity Arbuthnot: Iraq; Lockdown, Beheadings, Bribes. It's It's "Democratic ... 2010-03-16
That democracy has so far, after just over a week descended into allegations of fraud (gracious, surely not?) questions about an alleged extra seven milli ...
TheParliament.com: MEP set to present alleged Iraq election fraud dossier 2010-03-16
He told this website on Tuesday he has since been "inundated" with complaints of alleged election fraud. The MEP, who leads parliament's Iraq delegati ...
News & Star: The hyphen that wreaked havoc throughout Britain 2010-03-16
And I can't forgive David Blunkett for championing a fraud that has led to misery, plummeting social standards, lost lives and badges of honour for thug ...
Press and Journal: Highland to count general election votes overnight 2010-03-16
The two main reasons for considering scrapping an overnight count were the introduction of new processes to prevent postal voting fraud – which can add up ...
Reuters: Iran is a despotic republic, opposition leader says 2010-03-16
The opposition says the vote was rigged to secure the re-election of the hardline president. The authorities deny the charge of vote fraud and say it w ...
Reuters: Iran praises Iraq election as Shi'ite ally leads 2010-03-16
Politicians have criticized the delay in publishing the election results. Allawi's list has put forward a long list of complaints about alleged fraud ...
Reuters Canada: UN's new envoy hails Karzai on poll watchdog change 2010-03-16
Tasked with reviewing voting fraud, the ECC, which had its three foreign members appointed by the United Nations, last year nullified a third of Karzai' ...
New Zealand Herald: Rivals mired in pre-polls palaver 2010-03-16
CANBERRA - The rush of the oncoming election is stripping the lustre from the two men who are already sparring for the leadership of Australia.
DailyTech: Iran Claims to Have Hacked 29 US "Spy" Sites 2010-03-16
... 2009 election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The US and EU alleged that Ahmadinejad may have committed voter fraud to stay in power.
Sydney Morning Herald: Iraq PM's bloc set to be biggest: latest results 2010-03-16
Opposition groups have alleged fraud in the election and the count, but Maliki dismissed the claims in televised remarks to Iraq's National Security Council ...
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle: Dead purged from rolls 2010-03-16
The State Senate eventually voided the election. Ford went on to win election from another district in 2006. That fraud led Republican legislat ...
Las Vegas Sun: Ukraine creates new ruling coalition, gets new PM 2010-03-16
She and former President Viktor Yushchenko led the Orange Revolution protests in 2004 that helped bring Yushchenko to power after a fraud-riddled electi ...
Albany Times Union: What side will he take? 2010-03-16
The issue of Medicare fraud, one of Murphy's pet issues, has been addressed by increasing background checks to spot repeated offenders.
Sudan Tribune: TEXT: Sudan opposition lodge complaint against UNMIS elections official ... 2010-03-16
"When we wrote to the National Election Commission complaining, the Commission wrote back to us in a letter dated March 10, 2010 justifying their action ...
Jamaica Gleaner: Triple solution for social mess 2010-03-16
The establishment, in particular, of an Electoral Commission [which] has on occasion actually voided election results [and] has had definite impact on fraud ...
Daily News: Deadly bomb attacks in Iraqi town 2010-03-16
The Iraqiya bloc of his main rival, Iyad Allawi, is ahead in five. However, the count has been plagued by procedural difficulties and allegations of fraud.
Wisconsin State Journal: Area couple convicted of voting twice 2010-03-16
A Dane County jury found the couple guilty of election fraud after a one-day trial for casting absentee ballots in Wyocena on April 2, 2009 ...
El Paso Inc: EDITORIALS OF THE TIMES 2010-03-16
The latest election results in Iraq point to a heated and possibly lengthy power struggle between the Shiite coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri Kamal ...
Press TV: Iraqi PM's bloc calls for vote recount alleging fraud 2010-03-16
The coalition of Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts in the March 7 parliamentary elections.
Milford Daily News: Milford selectman calls police over e-mail 2010-03-16
He said the attacks and political shenanigans this election season aren't any worse than usual, but people need to watch their behavior.
Manila Standard Today: Failure of elections is becoming real 2010-03-16
I am also not discounting the possibility of violence and fraud, especially in so-called election hotspots. Candidates may resort to terrorizing teacher ...
New York Times: The Days After 2010-03-16
The latest election results in Iraq point to a heated and possibly lengthy power struggle between the Shiite coalition led by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal ...
Independent Online: Pledge to support leadership bid 2010-03-16
The mayor is also accused of failing to protect the wife of the party's national organiser, who is facing fraud charges," said Zulu.
All India Radio: Iraq's Partial Election results shows Maliki's coalition leading 2010-03-16
He however admitted that there were some cases of fraud, but it has not been enough to suspend the election process. More than 6200 candidates from six ...
Chicago Tribune: Delay in Blagojevich trial opposed 2010-03-16
Part of the indictment depends on the controversial fraud statute that requires elected officials perform their duties honestly.
Ubyssey Online: $43000 spent on AMS elections investigation 2010-03-16
Though fraud occurred in January's AMS Elections, the irregularities resulted in almost no change to the elections results, Council was told ...
Daily Sun: Group insists on credible elections in 2011 2010-03-16
“Urhobo Say No Electoral Fraud. Ijaw Say No to Rigging” amongst others said as Nigerians desirous for change, it is pertinent to support the vision of good ...
Newton Kansan: Iraqi prime minister starts laying groundwork for government 2010-03-16
Al-Maliki's rivals also raised new allegations of fraud, which could mar the process that will determine who will lead the country as US forces prepare ...
THISDAY: 2011: In Lagos, Battle Royale Looms... 2010-03-16
The fall of Bode George as exemplified in his imprisonment for fraud in respect of Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) contracts is to say the least ...
Michigan Times: REAL Party logo, name, now patent pending 2010-03-16
“My complaint was a counter to a complaint filed by Jon Ettinger accusing the Unity party of fraud by using the REAL Party logo,” Patterson said.
SW Iowa News: Tuesday's Your Views: Iowa needs Grassley 2010-03-16
... a series of amendments in a Whistle-blower Recovery legislation that saved taxpayers $24 billion in fraud investigations of government contractors. Sen.
Topeka Capital Journal: Parkinson names Biggs SOS 2010-03-16
The issue of voter fraud is less of a concern, he said. In addition to Biggs, Sen. Chris Steineger, D-Kansas City, is running for the Democratic nominati ...
Arab Times: Democratic result gain for Kuwait, says Baghli on Iraq poll 2010-03-16
DUBAI, March 15, (Agenciess): Iraq's Arab neighbours fear a split Iraqi election could further marginalise minority Sunnis and hope any coalition government ...
NDTV.com: Ex-Sri Lanka Army chief Fonseka to face court martial 2010-03-16
Fonseka, who led government forces in crushing the rebels before defecting to the opposition, has claimed fraud.
Leagle.com: KINDLE v. CITY OF JEFFERSONTOWN 2010-03-16
[ 6 ] I agree with the district court that the plaintiffs' expression did not focus on corruption or fraud, which would address a matter of public concern.
Daily Sun: EFCC and the politics of Bafarawa's trial 2010-03-16
First, consider the resemblances: both of them were governors of their respective states from 1999 to 2007; and, both have been charged with a fraud of N15 ...
Seacoastonline.com: Griset thanks town 2010-03-16
Both parties seem to be willing to go after Medicare fraud, too. So, one might legitimately ask, "Why don't the two parties get together and pass what they ...
Helium: Was the Illinois Senate correct in defeating a bill that would have made ... 2010-03-16
The purpose of a primary election is to pick the candidates of a particular political party who will run for public office against those ...
DeSoto Appeal: Judges deny bail bondsman privileges 2010-03-16
The judges pointed out that, at a hearing last year, Johnson admitted to committing fraud on the court for once presenting forged bail certificates for two ...
The Dawn: Karzai sings a new tune: 'Pakistan is twin brother' 2010-03-16
... Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as part of a two-day trip to Pakistan — his first since he was re-elected in a fraud-marred vote last year.
Reading Little India: The Padma Obsession 2010-03-16
When Dr. K. Khalilullah faced charges of financial fraud as director of Delhi's GB Pant Hospital, the authorities refused to initiate disciplinary action ...
The Associated Press: Nigeria: Election slated for January or April 2011 2010-03-16
Yar'Adua became president after a 2007 election marred by fraud, intimidation and violence likely orchestrated by the ruling People's Democratic Party.
Vancouver Sun: The World Today, Mar. 16 - Blood sacrifice fails to stop waning Thai protests 2010-03-16
... the Yellow Shirts, came to office when it obtained a majority in parliament after the Supreme Court ruled the previous government won by election fraud.
The Associated Press: Iraqi PM's bloc accuses election official of fraud 2010-03-16
It was the latest charge to mar the March 7 balloting, already plagued by a chaotic and slow tally process and fraud allegations.
Daily Camera: Guest opinion: Keep Colorado's voting integrity 2010-03-16
Researchers at Project Vote have found that absentee voter fraud is more common in local, county, and municipal elections than in general elections.
Earthtimes: Elections in Iran meaningless, opposition cleric says 2010-03-16
... Etemad Melli party, is a fierce opponent of President Ahmadinejad, has accused him of fraud in June's vote and not yet acknowledged his re-election.
Dispatch Online: World Briefs 2010-03-16
Electoral officials say that software problems have delayed the count but some politicians are now alleging fraud. Faraj al-Haidari, head of the Independent ...
Politico: It's Tuesday. "Ain't too proud to Pulse." (h/t: LP) 2010-03-16
And leaders are also pursuing targeted carrot-and-stick appeals to the self-interests of Members nervous about their re-election prospects.
FranceToday.com: The French-American Foundation Weekly Brief 2010-03-16
The official result is likely to be delayed, as the count was marred by accusations of fraud. Further complicating matters is the dispute over candidate ...
Payvand: Widespread deployment of security personnel across Tehran to prevent protests 2010-03-16
... that they intend to use the occasion to further express their protests against the government which they claim has seized power through election fraud.
TIME: Is AIPAC Putting Israel First? 2010-03-16
J-Street is a fraud. They're anti-israel pretending to be pro-Israel but generally harmless. LOL.. At least you seem to agree that J-Street is Pro-American.
News-Herald.com: Elections fraud trial starts 2010-03-16
Clair also said Copija was familiar with Ohio election laws and, if he broke them, he did so knowingly. Porter asked Clair if she ever saw Copija expl ...
Baltimore Sun: Good riddance, ACORN 2010-03-16
Republicans accused them of trying to help Democrats through voter fraud, though the motivation was more likely that workers were being paid for each new ...

2010-03-15: Headlines

Online Journal: The true nature of certain “progressives” finally being revealed 2010-03-15
I discovered Zuniga to be a phony in 2005, after the DailyKos attacks over my election fraud coverage. Of course, Keith Olbermann of MS-NBC ...
Center for Research on Globalization: Iraq: Lockdown, Beheadings, Bribes: It's "Democratic Election Time" Again 2010-03-15
That democracy has so far, after just over a week descended in to allegations of fraud (gracious, surely not?) questions about an alleged extra seven ...
Bay Area Indymedia: STATE TERRORISM AND MILITARY BRUTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES MEETS WORLDWIDE ... 2010-03-15
For example, a petition by concerned Filipino Americans concerning electoral fraud and violence was presented to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Russian Ruling Party Heads For Victory In Local Elections 2010-03-15
United Russia and opposition parties have also accused each other of fraud in connection with the March 14 polls. Vyacheslav Timchenko, a lawmaker ...
Nigeria: PDP awaits election timetable, silent on Yar'Adua - The Guardian 2010-03-15
He said electoral fraud had thrown up persons who are unconcerned about the plight of ordinary Nigerians. He added that it was unfortunate that those ...
Scotsman: Labour set to unveil plan to abolish Lords in favour of an elected senate 2010-03-15
Last week, it emerged Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not be prosecuted for fraud despite claiming a living allowance for a house she hardly visited.
Washington Post: Preliminary vote results give Maliki narrow lead 2010-03-15
The delay in the announcement of results has spurred cries of fraud. Maliki's State of Law bloc was still leading in seven of Iraq's 18 province ...
Washington Post: Nancy Pelosi's strategy for passing health-care reform 2010-03-15
I find her a complete fraud and phony and certainly will not use her as an example of someone to look up to for my family.
The Hill: Grayson calls Palin 'wild Alaska dingbat' 2010-03-15
... they will learn something before election day, and also the voter organizations will be more honest and won't commit voter fraud. some ...
Tehran Times: Colombia vote: Former FARC hostages run for Congress 2010-03-15
... Monday took the lead in a vote count following the country's congressional elections that concluded peacefully but were marred by charges of fraud.
Tolerance: Conservatives lead Colombia vote count 2010-03-15
... Monday took the lead in a vote count following the country's congressional elections that concluded peacefully but were marred by charges of fraud.
Sudan Tribune: UNMIS rejects allegations on ballots printing in Sudan 2010-03-15
"This requires investigation from the UN Secretary General on the actions of the UN official and his contribution towards fraud. We will submit a complaint ...
Palm Beach Post: No decision yet on 2011 mayoral run, Frankel says 2010-03-15
Kelly Skidmore, D-Boca Raton, for instance, won a four-Democrat 2006 primary with 29.1 percent, then went unopposed in the general election.
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan: Staffan de Mistura: New SRSG in Afghanistan 2010-03-15
A new United Nations mission chief arrived in Kabul on Saturday to take up his post after a difficult year that saw the mission divided over election fraud ...
Tehran Times: Iraq PM widens lead with new Baghdad results 2010-03-15
Opposition blocs have alleged fraud in the election and the count, but Maliki dismissed the complaints as ""very small"" in nature, in televised remarks ...
BankInfoSecurity.com: Dodd Unveils New Vision of Financial Regulatory Reform 2010-03-15
Enforces Regulations on the Books: Strengthens oversight and empowers regulators to aggressively pursue financial fraud, conflicts of interest ...
CCTV: Maliki plays down fraud accusations 2010-03-15
It's still uncertain who will win the Iraqi election. While taking the lead in partial results, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called on political ...
New York Times: Iraq Sees Hints of Change as Voting Fog Dissipates 2010-03-15
... but played down irregularities that might deprive the election of legitimacy. “We haven't seen a single piece of evidence of widespread fraud,” said one ...
Press TV: PM al-Maliki leading in Iraqi elections 2010-03-15
On Sunday, Prime Minister Maliki urged all parties to respect the results and avoid raising allegations of fraud without providing evidence.
War On Terror News: Car Bomb Kills 7 in Western Iraq's Fallujah 2010-03-15
Elections officials have been downplaying reports of fraud and voter irregularities. No faction is expected to win an outright majority, which means ...
GMA news.tv: Volunteers will boost my bid in Cebu, Bro. Eddie says 2010-03-15
He likewise said the “Hello Garci" scandal was “a confirmation" that he was a victim of massive election fraud in 2004. The scandal pertains to wiretapped ...
Asheville Citizen-Times: Western North Carolina GOP primary candidates berate health care reform at te ... 2010-03-15
Let's stop the fraud; let's go after tort reform.” “I think serving as a member of Congress should be an honor and not a career. It should be about service ...
Express Buzz: 'Tamils have not given up demand' 2010-03-15
Why not full supprt from polical jokers in Tamil Nadu By AbbA The Tamil Ealam is a TOTAL FRAUD. These fraudstrers call SL thier homeland where as Tamil ...
The Detroit News: Dodd to get GOP input on financial regulations 2010-03-15
PM leads in Iraqi vote: Partial election results released Sunday for all of Iraq's 18 provinces showed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition ahead ...
Manila Bulletin: 90% of Baguio bets sign poll covenant 2010-03-15
... to police their own supporters so that they will not be involved in election fraud that will significantly affect the results of the May 2010 elections.
Ethiopian Review: Ethiopia: “Grow up!” Bob Geldof 2010-03-15
... reality of corruption, fraud, waste, abuse and outright theft of not just humanitarian aid, but all kinds of international economic aid and loans.
Springfield News Sun: Austria, Jordan wrong to swear off earmarks 2010-03-15
If you smell an election approaching, you'd be on the right scent. Everyone is against a Bridge to Nowhere, sponsorship secrecy and pay-to-play fraud — all ...
Bulatlat: Josie Lichauco: High-Society Girl Who Rubbed Elbows With the Masses 2010-03-15
She pursued her activism, protesting the election fraud during the 2004 presidential elections, the NBN-ZTE scandal and the widespread violations of hum ...
Investor's Business Daily: Doctor Of Lies 2010-03-15
Hoaxes: Instead of having his Nobel Prize rescinded for espousing climate fraud, the prophet of doom is set to receive an honorary doctorate of laws ...
RIA Novosti: United Russia party leading in Russian regional elections 2010-03-15
At last year's regional elections held on October 11, opposition parties claimed electoral fraud after the ruling United Russia party won by a landslide ...
Las Vegas Sun: Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt 2010-03-15
Al-Maliki's rivals also raised new allegations of fraud, which could mar the process that will determine who will lead the country as US forces prepare ...
New York Times: Frustration Grows in Iraq at Slow Pace of Vote Tally 2010-03-15
Political officials continue to make public accusations of election fraud, including the alleged stuffing of ballot boxes and forgery.
Tehran Times: Welcome to the world's first murdochracy 2010-03-15
Australia's great maverick historian, the late Manning Clark, was smeared by Murdoch's Courier-Mail as a Red agent, then as a fraud, in much the style th ...
Calcutta Telegraph: PwC sets terms for Bengal bash 2010-03-15
... signal from the Centre that it can finally bury the ghost of Satyam — the biggest corporate fraud that rocked India in January 2009 — and move ahead.
Gasgoo automotive news: Calif. lawsuit claims Toyota hid defect evidence 2010-03-15
Southern California prosecutors filed the first US consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Iraq PM bolsters chances of retaining post 2010-03-15
Opposition blocs have alleged fraud in the election and ensuing count of ballot papers, but Maliki has dismissed these claims, describing complaints ...
GMA news.tv: Helping citizen journalism make a difference in May 2010 2010-03-15
Pineda is the wife of Rodolfo "Bong" Pineda referred to in reports as the powerful jueteng lord, who has successfully financed national election campaign ...
Iranian: Google honours Iranian women bloggers 2010-03-15
... have been detained for reporting online on huge anti-government demonstrations that broke out amid claims of fraud in Iran's election, RSF said.

2010-03-14: Headlines

China Post: Philippines vote lacks transparency: US observers 2010-03-14
MANILA -- Western election observers on Saturday criticized the Philippine government for “insufficient” openness as the country prepares to choose its next ...
The Guardian: Don't celebrate these billionaires, be horrified by their existence 2010-03-14
Wherever there are Billionaires there is either conquest or fraud. We are horrified that you have a middle-ages form of government.
History News Network: The American Insurgency in Iraq? 2010-03-14
... insistence that the ballots remain out of the hands of US troops; it explains why Allawi's party sees the tight race as evidence of election fraud.
Contra Costa Times: DA's special unit focuses on public corruption 2010-03-14
He founded the unit in April 2003, just months after his election. At the time, the county was still recovering from years of public scandal as federal ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Polls Close In Russia Amid Fraud Allegations 2010-03-14
In the run up to the elections Vyachaslav Karyakin, deputy head of Golos in Yekaterinburg predicted that the election would be flawed.
National Post: Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq vote 2010-03-14
Allawi's Iraqiya list has put forward a long list of complaints about fraud, including ballots found in the garbage and more than 200000 soldiers who ...
National: A window of opportunity and risk in today's Iraq 2010-03-14
Early charges of fraud will need to be addressed quickly by the Iraqi electoral commission and the UN. If the Justice and Accountability Commission strip ...
A Different League: Fit & Proper - Florentino Perez, Real Madrid 2010-03-14
Despite a fiercely contested campaign, awash with allegations of corruption and fraud, he lost to (then) current President RamÃ³n Mendoza by over 700 votes.
BBC News: Colombians to vote in legislative elections 2010-03-14
... the country's Ombudsman and election observers believe that around a third of municipalities are at some sort of risk, either from violence or fraud.
Washington Post: Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki already wooing allies to try to form governing coalition 2010-03-14
The political maneuvering could inflame tensions in the street, and already the delay in announcing the vote results has spurred cries of fraud.
Philippines News: Nouri al-Maliki closing in on leadership in Iraq 2010-03-14
Allegations of fraud have plagued the ballot tally, with more than 2000 complaints received by this weekend. The electoral commission has said they will all ...
Whittier Daily News: Public Integrity Division investigating complaints about local corruption 2010-03-14
The Public Integrity Division is also investigating allegations of voter fraud stemming from Montebello's November election. "If there is an increase ...
Water World: Burlco Bridge Commission has deep ties to county GOP 2010-03-14
When sentenced to 27 months in 2008 on mail-fraud and tax-evasion charges for defrauding the commission, Stears told a federal judge in Camden that he ...
Tampabay.com: Iraq projects riddled with fraud 2010-03-14
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away ...
Peninsula On-line: Philippine poll officials urged to be transparent 2010-03-14
... time in the May 10 election, seeking to overhaul an old system where winners were declared weeks after the vote and fraud allegations were widespread.
Brisbane Times: Iraq's PM extends lead in vote count 2010-03-14
Opposition blocs have alleged fraud in the March 7 polls and in the ballot counting, but Maliki dismissed the claims, describing complaints as being "very ...
Before It's News: Timmy Must Be Fired, Or Obama Must Be Impeached 2010-03-14
Today I am going to focus on FRBNY's culpability in the apparent Lehman fraud - that is, the role that FRBNY (and thus Tim Geithner) played in keeping ...
Saudi Gazette: Make-or-break time for Afghan war 2010-03-14
A parliamentary election will be held in September, and Western governments accept it will be difficult to guard against a repeat of massive fraud th ...
International News Network: Karzai ready for foreign monitors in election watchdog - Online 2010-03-14
... including the division between Eide and his American deputy Peter Galbraith over election fraud and an attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul that forced ...
RTT News: Italians Protest Against Prime Minister Berlusconi In Rome 2010-03-14
Protesters were also furious with Berlusconi and his allies for an order that allowed members of the party to appear on election lists, though they missed ...
Sydney Morning Herald: Law drafts abound in China's parliament 2010-03-14
... winning gold medals, but that the quest for gold had driven local officials to illegal means, such as doping and age fraud, to bring home the medals.
Sudan Tribune: Ethiopia: Man gets 15 years for opposition candidate slaying 2010-03-14
This year's election will be the first for the horn of Africa's country since 2005 election, where post election violence triggered by allegations of fraud ...
Firedoglake: Meet the New Iraqi Government Coalition, (Probably) the Same As the Old Coalition 2010-03-14
So the election results are trickling in slowly from the Iraqi parliamentary elections, and the coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ...
Xinhua: Iraqi PM's bloc leads in seven provinces: partial results of elections 2010-03-14
However, the Iraqia List has alleged fraud in the elections, saying it had found marked voting papers that had been thrown away and hidden ballot boxes.
Ozarks First: Maliki Lead Gets Stronger 2010-03-14
Hamdiya al-Husseini, a top official with the Independent High Electoral Commission, dismissed charges of serious fraud coming from Allawi's camp ...
MiamiHerald.com: A week after Iraqi elections, vote count far from complete 2010-03-14
Election commission officials have offered a number of reasons for the delayed counting: an overwhelmed computer server, slow employees and fraud ...
La Crosse Tribune: Keith Knutson: Reform will help Democrats come November 2010-03-14
He has already signed an order to cabinet agencies to step up use of private audits to uncover Medicare and Medicaid fraud that could save $2 billion during ...
Manawatu Standard: Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count 2010-03-14
But it has been marred by confusion over the counting process and fraud allegations. Election officials said they've received more than 2000 complaints ...
Jordan Times: 25000 Iraqis voted in Amman-hosted polls - IHEC 2010-03-14
Voters are currently being cross-checked against central databases in Iraq to root out any voter fraud, they added. The final results have not yet been ...
MyWestTexas.com: Finance chief explains MISD funding situation 2010-03-14
The district has gone to 100 percent direct deposit to help protect against fraud. The department issues 52000 payroll checks annually, prepares and proce ...
People's Daily Online: New UN envoy to Afghanistan arrives in Kabul 2010-03-14
The newly appointed United Nations envoy to Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura arrived in Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday to assume his post, said a statement ...
Today's Zaman: BDP lends conditional support to government's constitutional reforms 2010-03-14
“This is a real trap and a fraud. It is impossible for us to accept it. For example, in the past, in one of the elections we got 6.2 percent of the vote ...
The Majlis: EU's Stevenson alleges further voter fraud in Baghdad 2010-03-14
Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, praised the high turnout last week and said nothing about any allegations of voter fraud. Who's right?
The Associated Press: Russia's ruling party heads for victory 2010-03-14
The last major Russian regional election in October ended in a landslide for United Russia, but was marred by allegations of widespread fraud.
Laurel Leader Call: Voter ID's a done deal; is early voting next? 2010-03-14
The scare tactic that those in the election fraud business want early voting really isn'ta claim borne out by the facts. The folks who want early voting ...
Japan Focus: American Police Training and Political Violence: From the Philippines Conquest ... 2010-03-14
It also helped to rig the 2009 election in favor of Hamid Karzai. 46 Barnett R. Rubin, Road to Ruin: Afghanistan's Booming Opium Industry.
Colombia Reports: Polling stations close around Colombia 2010-03-14
The NGO did not release the names of those candidate congressmen who would have benefitted from the fraud. According to Al Jazeera, "[Reports] ...

2010-03-13: Headlines

The Barrie Examiner: NO CLEAR VICTOR IN IRAQ 2010-03-13
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shiites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday ...
Huffington Post: The Tumor At The Heart Of Our Afghan Campaign 2010-03-13
Amid widespread fraud, Karzai opted not to campaign openly amongst the Aghan people, but rather to rely on backroom deals with regional strongmen (such ...
OregonLive.com: Iraq's new pluralism (editorial) 2010-03-13
... the election is comforting because it speaks to the engagement of the parties, but worrisome in that it already has produced competing charges of fraud.
Firedoglake: The World They Set On Fire 2010-03-13
... the DOJ fascists who set the rule of law on fire, the Diebold criminals who napalmed the 2004 Election into a firestorm of fraud, the torturers at Abu ...
Niagara Falls Review: Pursuing Iowa's evangelical vote 2010-03-13
In some ways I was a prolife fraud." Santorum, a 51-year-old Roman Catholic, talks about his beliefs now, and for the second time recently he's talking ...
BBC News: The Afghan president has agreed to let two foreigners join a panel monitoring ... 2010-03-13
But he came under fire for what some saw as a bid to control a body which stripped nearly a third of his votes in last year's fraud-tainted election.
BBC News: PM Maliki leads poll count in key Baghdad constituency 2010-03-13
Partial results from Iraq's election show Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's coalition ahead in Baghdad, which accounts for 20% of parliament's seats.
InTheNews.co.uk: Karzai agrees to allow non-Afghans onto election watchdog 2010-03-13
... of widespread vote-fixing and fraud. The ECC even forced the president into an election runoff after disqualifying almost one million fraudulent votes.
Arab News: Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize 2010-03-13
While the results from Baghdad lent some clarity to the political landscape after the March 7 vote for 325 parliamentary seats, allegations of fraud may yet ...
Arab News: Iraqi election 2010-03-13
Unofficially, one has said that there was some voting fraud at the polls but it was not on a large scale. Such things happen even in free countries.
Kurdish Globe: Iraqi Elections Results Inconclusive on Split Vote 2010-03-13
Complaints of fraud complicate the outcome. Even before results were released March 11, Allawi's alliance expressed doubts about the count.
Journal of Turkish Weekly: Early Iraq Poll Results Show Al-Maliki With Slight Edge 2010-03-13
Senior Shiite cleric Abdel-Mahdi al-Karbala'i used his Friday sermon to respond to accusations of fraud by urging the electoral commission to announce ...
Washington Post: Italian court rejects Berlusconi government ballot appeal 2010-03-13
Berlusconi, who is on trial for corruption and tax fraud, is at the center of another potential storm after newspapers reported this week he was being ...
Washington Post: HRW: Iran should release or charge famed filmmaker 2010-03-13
The opposition contends Ahmadinejad won through fraud and that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was the rightful winner.
Reuters: New UN mission chief in Kabul after tough year 2010-03-13
... Saturday to take up his post after a difficult year that saw the mission divided over election fraud and forced to cut back staff after a deadly attack.
Alibaba News Channel: Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, Mar 13 2010-03-13
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday ...
Payvand: Iran: Election Law Change Mooted 2010-03-13
The opposition believes that widespread vote fraud took place in that election. At present the Guardian Council of 12 jurists - six clerics appointed by ...
KMPH Fox 26: AP Top News at 10:10 am EST -Saturday, March 13, 2010 2010-03-13
President Hamid Karzai's move comes amid pressure to avoid a repeat of last year's fraud-tainted presidential vote. SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide ...
National: Iraq election vote has extra spin in city of Kirkuk 2010-03-13
The United Nations has repeatedly insisted that the election was fair, despite persistent allegations of fraud. “The election makes it clear that Kirkuk ...
Channel News Asia: New UN envoy to Afghanistan arrives at troubled mission 2010-03-13
Galbraith accused Eide of ignoring, and then trying to cover up, massive fraud in the August presidential election, allegations Eide denied and for ...
Irish Times: Iraqi PM leads Baghdad elections 2010-03-13
The country's rival political blocs yesterday levelled allegations of fraud at the election commission. Intisar Allawi, a candidate for the Iraqiya party ...
BusinessWeek: Iraq's Al-Maliki Has Upper Hand in Forming Government 2010-03-13
Complaints of fraud complicate the outcome. Even before results were released March 11, Allawi's alliance expressed doubts about the count.
Newsroom America: UN's New Afghanistan Official Arrives As Suicide Bombings Kill 30 2010-03-13
Last year's presidential poll, won by the incumbent Hamid Karzai, was marred by accusations of fraud. Mr de Mistura, a citizen of both Italy and Sweden ...
Gary Post Tribune: Questions remain about Pastrick's assets 2010-03-13
Fife gave up his law license in 2006 after pleading guilty to federal tax fraud charges and has reportedly worked at his family's East Chicago funeral home ...
The Associated Press: Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors 2010-03-13
President Hamid Karzai's move comes amid pressure to avoid a repeat of last year's fraud-tainted presidential vote. Last month, Karzai signed a decree ...
Press TV: Karzai allows foreign monitors on electoral commission 2010-03-13
Karzai's move comes amid international pressure to avoid a repeat of problems in last year's presidential vote marred by allegations of fraud.
The Canadian Press: Iran says it has dismantled US-backed opposition networks, arrested 30 members 2010-03-13
... news outlets and sites linked to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims he was deprived of the presidency through fraud in the June election.
Philippine Star: NP sees no problem with foreign observers 2010-03-13
“Foreign observers can also help prevent small-scale fraud and members of the administration who try to prolong their stay in office,” Marcos said.
CNN International: PM's group leads in early Iraq election results 2010-03-13
The INA and Allawi's al-Iraqia both charged Thursday there had been vote fraud. They asked election officials to publish results from every voting center ...
Gulf Times: Togo rival groups in face off over elections 2010-03-13
Fabre, who attended the rally in person, scored 33.94% in the official vote count and maintains that electoral fraud robbed him of victory.
Vancouver Sun: Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, the big election prize 2010-03-13
... of clarity to Iraq's political landscape after the March 7 election for 325 parliamentary seats, allegations of fraud may yet scramble the picture.
Tehran Times: A glimmer of hope in Egypt 2010-03-13
... in every presidential election from the time he took the helm in 1981 until 2005, when a multi-candidate election was held that was marred by fraud.
Independent Online: Competing parties take to Togo streets 2010-03-13
Fabre said that electoral fraud robbed him of victory. But backers of the president, who say the election was free and fair, were also rallying in ...
Xinhua: Iraq's Shiite bloc leads in Maysan province 2010-03-13
However, the Iraqia List has alleged fraud in the elections, saying it had found marked voting papers that had been thrown away and hidden ballot boxes.
AFP: Karzai relents to UN demand over elections watchdog 2010-03-13
The commission played a major role in rooting out fraud in last year's corruption-tainted presidential poll. "The law that was passed is clear in stating ...
BusinessWeek: Maryland slot foes seem to have enough signatures 2010-03-13
Baltimore-based Cordish Co. has sued the board, claiming that it has overlooked fraud in a petition drive aimed at blocking plans for the casino at Arundel ...
Radio New Zealand: Afghan president to allow foreigners on election panel 2010-03-13
But he came under fire for what some saw as a bid to control a body which stripped nearly a third of his votes in last year's fraud-tainted election.
SkyNewswire.com: Women's : Google honours Iranian women bloggers 2010-03-13
... have been detained for reporting online on huge anti-government demonstrations that broke out amid claims of fraud in Iran's election, RSF said.
Montreal Gazette: Iraq pleads for patience on election results 2010-03-13
But she and other officials insisted it was all worth the wait as this had been a fair and free vote that was without fraud, despite the more than 2000 ...
KTAR.com: Feds make recommendations in Renzi case 2010-03-13
Rick Renzi of Arizona on charges of fraud, money laundering and extortion be denied. But Judge Bernardo Velasco also recommended Thursday that Renzi' ...
Trading Markets: Slots at Annapolis Mills faces voters, court challenge 2010-03-13
Chuckas said he's "not worried" about a potential criminal investigation into alleged fraud. "We have nothing to hide. The Jockey Club and the coaliti ...
AFP: Maliki leads key Baghdad vote count 2010-03-13
Iraqiya has alleged "flagrant fraud" took place during the election, but those complaints were described as "exaggerated" by State of Law.
Ottawa Citizen: Toyota hit with California lawsuit 2010-03-13
Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects. Orange County district attorney Tony Rackauckas said his office ...
Globe and Mail: Iraqi PM leads vote count in Baghdad, election's top prize 2010-03-13
While the results from Baghdad lent some clarity to the political landscape after the March 7 vote for 325 parliamentary seats, allegations of fraud may yet ...
France24: Police calm stand-off between Gnassingbe's supporters and opponents 2010-03-13
... the official vote count and maintains that electoral fraud robbed him of victory. But backers of the president, who say the election was free and fair ...
Signal: Strickland running for controller 2010-03-13
The state controller manages about $100 billion in state tax funds and investigates claims of fraud and misuse of tax revenue by public organizations.
Auburn Citizen: Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count 2010-03-13
They show the prime minister and his secular rival, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, locked in a tight contest amid fraud allegations.
New York Times: Karzai Reverses on Vote Auditors 2010-03-13
The development comes amid pressure on Afghanistan to avoid a repeat of last year's fraud-tainted presidential vote. Last month, Mr. Karzai signed a decree ...
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Maliki leads Baghdad poll count 2010-03-13
There have been complaints about the slow pace of the count for the 7 March polls, and some claims of fraud. Final results for all 18 provinces are ...
GulfNews: FNC seeks election law before end of current term 2010-03-13
... or administrative agency to enforce their rights or contest the outcome of an election, election fraud and other crimes against the electoral system.
Sify: Karzai ready for foreign monitors in election watchdog 2010-03-13
... including the division between Eide and his American deputy Peter Galbraith over election fraud and an attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul that forced ...
Manila Bulletin: PGMA's lost opportunity: Failure to order the AFP and PNP 2010-03-13
No less than a clear, uncompromising public announcement and written Executive Order exhorting “No-Election-Monkey-Business Under Pain of Imprisonment” – ...
Earthtimes: European Parliament's Iraq liaison repeats vote fraud claims 2010-03-13
... British member of the European Parliament who serves as that body's main liaison with Iraq on Saturday repeated claims of fraud in Iraq's elections.
Nepalnews.com: Fraud-accused Maoist CA member gets party's boot 2010-03-13
Lingden, who was elected from Jhapa constituency-7, beating CPN-UML heavyweight KP Sharma Oli in the Constituent Assembly election, has been accused ...
Philippine Star: Election monitor concerned over Philippine polls 2010-03-13
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's 2004 election victory has been sullied by fraud allegations and the opposition has tried to impeach her ...
The Associated Press: Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders 2010-03-13
Allegations of fraud also have plagued the ballot tally. The electoral commission said more than 2000 complaints had been received as of Saturday but ...
BigPond News: Togo's opposition readies protest rally 2010-03-13
Fabre said that electoral fraud robbed him of victory. But backers of the president, who say the election was free and fair, were also rallying in ...
NEXT: Court nullifies Dangote's election as NSE president 2010-03-13
Greed & Fraud is good. The entire country is a FRAUD. Wow! Very sad indeed. If not for the scandal of d AP shares Aliko would still be the NSE President. my ...