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Observers who for the first time were allowed to monitor elections in Jordan said Friday that the vote showed a marked improvement from past polls, but there is still some way to go.

An international team fielded by the National Democratic Institute, made up of 50 observers from 29 countries, highlighted "shortcomings and irregularities," as well as certain systemic problems.

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The new 150-seat Parliament here will include members arrested just days before the elections on charges of vote-buying, and a cast of government loyalists will dominate a body long seen by Jordanians as being as corrupt as it is inept.

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The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) will dispatch a mission to observe Wednesday's parliamentary elections.
The NDI said the delegation will include 50 observers from 29 countries, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

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In recent years, we have seen citizens and activists calling for change, for increased freedoms, for democratic institutions to supplant autocratic political systems around the world. But even as new constitutions are written and some governments work to increase transparency, U.S. financial and political support for promoting democracy and accountable institutions is increasingly beleaguered at home.

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The National Democratic Institute (NDI) will field an international observation delegation for the Jan. 23 parliamentary elections in Jordan, the NDI said in a statement issued on Friday.

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BEGINNING at 8:05 tonight, the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC) will facilitate a debate between the leaders of the political parties contesting the upcoming Tobago House of Assembly Elections which will be carried live on major television and radio stations across the country.

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Libyans paid with their lives to end the 42-year dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi, but nearly 15 months after he was killed by rebels they remain at odds over a democratic constitution to replace it.

"There is broad consensus that the new constitution should draw heavily from Islamic sharia law, but also consensus on the need to avoid extremism," said the Washington-based National Democratic Institute.

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WITH the Tobago Hose of Assembly election date having been called, the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission will be hosting a Leaders’ Debate among the political leaders in the Tobago on January 10, 2013, for which plans are already well advanced.

Countries around the world are fast recognising the benefits of independently run political debates before national elections.

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Mauritanian government officials and young people recently met for two days in Nouadhibou to discuss ways to improve the city.

The Youth Dialogue Forum in Nouadhibou, "Citoyennes et Citoyens Debout" (Citizens Standing) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) organised the December 16th-17th event.