Suffrage
Suffrage is the right to vote in an election. An important type of suffrage is universal suffrage, when all adults in a country have the right to vote without distinction by race, sex, belief...
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Britain wants to see universal suffrage introduced in its former colony of Hong Kong as soon as possible, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Monday.Beckett also played up the British legacy's ...
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Women buy much of the wine purchased in the United States, and they make quite a bit of it too. But it's mostly male critics who proclaim what's prime and what's plonk.Enter the National Women's Wi...
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About 22,000 people took to the streets Sunday demanding full
democracy here by 2012, after Beijing ruled out the possibility last
month, organizers said.
China's National People's Congres...
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HONG KONG, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's pro-democracy
camp must ultimately decide whether to accept China's weekend
ruling offering possible universal suffrage in the city by
2017, but for now w...
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HONG KONG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Thousands in Hong Kong held a
protest march on Sunday calling for direct elections in 2012,
in a public rebuke against Beijing's decision not to permit
universal suff...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - China's top political policy-making body will
next week make key decisions on the pace of democratization in Hong
Kong, a news report said Tuesday.
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Hong Kong's government released a 56-page green paper Wednesday
to consult the public on how and when to elect the chief executive
and legislators through universal suffrage, without outlinin...
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Every suggestion made towards Hong Kong's political development
will be included and presented for public consultation in a green
paper to be released after mid-2007, the chief executive said...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - A senior Hong Kong government minister Thursday
described the consultation paper on constitutional reform as a
"public opinion survey aimed at reaching a c...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - Hong Kong's former deputy leader Monday
criticized the government's consultation paper on political reform as
"a recipe for confusion and procrastination."...
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Suffrage
UK: Give Hong Kong full suffrage
