Commonwealth of Nations
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Commonwealth leaders weigh Rwanda membership...-- supported by what the initiative calls a slick public relations campaign -- point to the human rights abuses rampant in other member Commonwealth countries -- an argument critics reject. "It should not be a factor in Rwanda's... In this article: Commonwealth, Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Stephen Harper, Britain, University of Ottawa, and Canwest News Service |
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AP Online | 2 days ago
8 women set out to ski to South Pole
...date the Commonwealth came into existence in 1950, said team leader, Briton Felicity Aston. The expedition comprises women from eight Commonwealth countries: Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore and Britain. It had...
In this article: Commonwealth, Antarctica, New Zealand, Patriot Hills, Wellington, Singapore, and Brunei
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Stuff | 2 days ago
Commonwealth 'needs to get tough'
...dissent, said the report, commissioned by the club's policy think-tank and an electoral reform group. In September, the 53-nation Commonwealth, which includes New Zealand, suspended Fiji after the leaders of a 2006 coup failed to make...
In this article: Commonwealth, Democracy, Car bomb, Fiji, Mumbai, Port of Spain, Italy, Pakistan, and Britain
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Democracy check for Commonwealth
Commonwealth countries need a 'democracy health check' The Commonwealth secretary general is due at the Trinidad and Tobago talks All Commonwealth countries should face a democracy "health check" at least every two years, a new report...
In this article: Commonwealth, Democracy, University of London, Trinidad and Tobago, Kenya, Britain, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
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Independent.co.uk - World | 2 days ago
Human rights concerns raised as Rwanda set to join Commonwealth
...- such as Fiji, currently suspended for refusing to call elections - that trangress in future. "The Commonwealth stands for very little if it doesn't stand for human rights and democracy," said Tom Porteous, head of Human Rights Watch in...
In this article: Commonwealth, Rwanda, Democracy, Kigali, Britain, Voluntary association, Ideology, and Rwandan Patriotic Front
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New Kerala | 4 days ago
Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon to attend Commonwealth meet
...Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend. "Commonwealth leaders will hold discussions, among other things, on the critical matter of climate change as...
In this article: Ban Ki-moon, Nicholas Sarkozy, UN, Patrick Manning, Manmohan Singh, Climate change, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Queen Elizabeth II
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Port-of-Spain readies to welcome Commonwealth leaders
...are in full swing for the international conference that will take place from Nov 27-29. Queen Elizabeth 11, titular head of the Commonwealth of Nations, will open the conference and pay an official state visit to this twin-island...
In this article: Port-of-Spain, Manmohan Singh, Sugar, Hilton Hotel, US, Patrick Manning, and Barack Obama
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as the Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies, or dependencies of these colonies (the exceptions being the United Kingdom itself and Mozambique).
- Name:
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Founding Date:
- April 28, 1949
- Current members:
- 53 sovereign states
- Language:
- English
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