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A delegation of National Democratic Institute (NDI) headed by Mr. Kenneth Wollack, President NDI called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.

Country Director NDI Mr. Peter Manikas, Ms. Sandra Houston, country representative, and Deputy Country Director Jumana Ealal, were accompanying Mr. Wollack.

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The Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) has inaugurated a Steering Committee to appraise the performance of its members across the country.

The seminar was organised by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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In an improvised office daubed with revolutionary slogans, part of an appropriated complex in Tripoli that once housed Moammar Gaddafi’s cronies, rebel commander Muhammad Zintani contemplated his future.

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A controversial constitutional amendment, envisaging increase of number of MPs from current 150 to 190 in the next Parliament, has been initiated this week.

According to the poll carried out by Caucasus Resource Research Centers (CRRC) for the U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI) in September, 60% of respondents were against of increasing number of seats in the Parliament with only 8% responding positively.

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The Obama administration was encouraged by Myanmar’s recent release of some prisoners through a “humanitarian” amnesty, but wants to see more reforms before the U.S. considers lifting economic sanctions against the impoverished nation, officials say.