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World
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International
1/26/2025 3:45:43 PM
Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.
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World
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Region
5/28/2023 9:40:51 AM
Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
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World
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Africa
6/19/2021 12:55:03 PM
The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to his Nobel Peace Prize the following year
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World
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Region
5/3/2021 11:21:29 AM
Washington and the Syrian opposition have denounced the planned election as a farce designed to cement Assad's authoritarian rule
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World
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International
1/24/2021 3:32:34 PM
France said Sunday that mass arrests of Russian demonstrators posed "an intolerable affront" to the rule of law and indicated a drift towards authoritarian rule
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Egypt
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Politics
9/17/2013 5:50:05 PM
Egypt might adopt a mixed political system after decades of presidential system fearing a slip back to authoritarian rule, ensuring balance between executive and legislative powers
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Opinion
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4/9/2013 5:22:45 PM
Politicians are fighting over the identity of the state; some claim it is 'Islamist,' others say 'civil,' while another camp argues 'Egyptian'
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Opinion
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11/4/2012 10:47:46 AM
Barbaric capitalism together with continuing traffic jams, budget deficits, borrowing from abroad and the present regime's servile stance on Israel are some of the worries of Egyptian citizens today
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Opinion
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9/30/2012 6:52:49 PM
Ignoring the legitimate rights of the weak and impoverished, in Egypt as elsewhere in the Arab world, will continue to be a threat to authoritarian rule
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Books
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World
8/12/2012 12:15:48 PM
The author of the acclaimed book "Dinner with Mugabe" shared over 30 years of interviews with the Zimbabwean authoritarian ruler
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Opinion
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7/9/2012 3:58:00 PM
Four years ago, writer and thinker Abdel-Wahhab El-Messeiry, one of Egypt's leading lights, died at the age of 70. The anniversary of his passing should have been marked in a manner befitting his formidable contributions
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Arts & Culture
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Film
5/8/2012 9:55:00 AM
Anti-regime activists spoof Syria's parliamentary elections with a flurry of amateur, online videos lampooning a vote they say aims to put a shiny gloss on the authoritarian rule of President Bashar Assad
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Arts & Culture
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Film
12/5/2011 2:24:00 AM
Mosireen releases its latest short film, El Magd Lil Shohada, honoring the martyrs of the ongoing struggle against authoritarian rule in Egypt
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