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	Swiss federal election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Legislative elections in the Swiss Confederation were held on 19 October 2003.
		In the aftermath of the elections Ruth Metzler-Arnold, one of the two Christian Democrats in the Federal Council was replaced by Christoph Blocher, the most influential politician in the Swiss People's Party.
		These elections were to the National Council and for most of the members of the Council of States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swiss_elections,_2003 (348 words)

	Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The massive mobilisation of Swiss armed forces under the leadership of General Henri Guisan is often cited as a decisive factor that the German invasion was never initiated.
		However, Swiss law is gradually being adjusted to conform with that of the EU and the government has signed a number of bilateral agreements with the European Union.
		On June 5, 2005, Swiss voters agreed, by a 55% majority, to join the Schengen treaty, a result that was welcomed by EU commentators as a sign of goodwill by Switzerland, a country that is traditionally perceived as isolationist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Switzerland (3734 words)

	Politics of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The largely ceremonial President of the Swiss Confederation and Vice-President are elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms that run concurrently.
		From 1959 to 2003 the Federal Council was composed of a coalition of all major parties in the same ratio: 2 Free Democratic Party, 2 Social Democratic, 2 Christian Democratic, and 1 Swiss People's Party.
		In the elections of 2003 the People's Party (formerly the smallest of the 4 parties represented in the Federal Council) gained a plurality of seats in the National Council and received (effective January 1, 2004) a second seat in the Federal Council, reducing the share of the Christian Democratic party to 1 seat.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland (1534 words)

	Swiss elections 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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	2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		November 12 - Occupation of Iraq: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
		The steering failure was the consequence of a fire started on the left wing, which was the result of a surface-to-air missile hit, while on the descent for landing in Baghdad.
		December 7 - Parliamentary elections are held in Russia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2003 (4759 words)

	Ethiopia
		The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully and allows for the right of secession, and citizens exercised this right in the 2000 national elections that were generally were free and fair in most areas; however, the elections were also marred by serious irregularities.
		Several SEPDC candidates for the national or municipal elections were detained, and two SEPDC members elected to the regional council in 2000 were detained without having their parliamentary immunity formally removed (see Section 1.d.).
		Elections for the Somali region that were scheduled for 2001 had still not taken place by year's end.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27727.htm (18140 words)

	Direct Democracy: Elections in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Swiss elect the 200 members of the National Council (the larger chamber) every four years.
		These elections are held throughout Switzerland in the last weekend in October.
		The organisation of elections for the 46 members of the Council of States (the smaller chamber) is left to the cantons; this means that the cantons are not tied to the federal election date.
	www.swissworld.org /dvd_rom/eng/direct_democracy_2004/content/elections/elections.html (218 words)

	Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism And Racism
		In April 2004 a Muslim in the canton of Aargau was reported to the judicial authorities for illegal butchering, reviving the debate on the subject of ritual slaughter.
		On 10 December 2003 Blocher was elected a federal councilor, with responsibility for the Federal Department of Justice and Police; as such he has jurisdiction over revisions in civil rights and asylum laws.
		In the elections to the National Council in October 2003 (in which 11 parties participated), the PNOS obtained 0.2 percent of the votes, a not insignificant result given that it only began running in elections that year.
	www.tau.ac.il /Anti-Semitism/asw2003-4/switzerland.htm (3505 words)

	SWITZERLAND: parliamentary elections Ständerat - Conseil des Etats - Consiglio degli Stati, 2003
		Elections were held for all the seats in the Council of States on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		Some 4.7 million Swiss were summoned to the polls on 19 October 2003 to elect the new members of the National Council and 41 out of the 46 members of the Council of States.
		The elections resulted in a re-distribution of the seven government portfolios which, since 1959, have been divided up on the basis of consensus between the country’s four main parties.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2306_03.htm (453 words)

	Elections in Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In administering Oregon's elections, the Division provides the public, local election officials, candidates, chief petitioners and the press with advice and assistance in conducting elections, filing initiatives and declaring candidacy.
		Y-Vote Mock Elections provide a chance for the younger generation to have their say in politics for the UK and Europe.
		The Swedish Elections Act, revised 1997, which regulates elections to the Swedish parliament, county and municipal councils as well as to the European Parliament, is provided in English translation by the Swedish Ministry of Justice (PDF).
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Elections_in_Switzerland (1188 words)

	Idaho Observer: Switzerland: Old-fashioned direct democracy
		In advance of a scheduled election or vote, the residents' registration office sends the official voting material (including paper ballots) to every person qualified to vote and communicates location of the polling place and the hours the polls will be open.
		When the election is over and the polling stations are closed the ballot boxes are opened and public servants start the count.
		Once the election results have been counted and publicly announced, all the paper ballots are taken to the canton's government.
	proliberty.com /observer/20031109.htm (1255 words)

	swisspolitics.org \| Parliamentary elections 2003
		The rightwing Swiss People’s Party is maintaining its lead in the opinion polls ahead of October’s parliamentary elections.
		And for the first time, the environment features among the top five issues the Swiss are concerned about in the run up to the election.
		Although the poll also shows overwhelming support (80 per cent) for the so-called “Magic Formula” — the system by which cabinet seats are allocated to the country’s four major parties — there is a large minority that says it is in favour of changing the composition of the government.
	www.swisspolitics.org /en/news/index.php?page=dossier_artikel&story_id=4206505&dossier_id=69 (453 words)

	Kazakhstan: Opposition Stifled in Advance of Elections (Human Rights Watch, 6-4-2004)
		In the September 2003 local council (maslikhat) elections, the opposition claimed that the government attempted to exclude its candidates from the ballot through arbitrary misdemeanor and other criminal charges, and other means of harassment and intimidation.
		The 2003 local council elections were critical to Kazakhstan's election system, as under amendments to the elections law adopted March 15, local councils are now authorized to appoint members of electoral commissions.
		Domestic election monitors should have access to the polls, irrespective of whether they are supported through foreign financing.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2004/04/06/kazakh8396.htm (558 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Federal Council is elected by a joint session of the legislature, which is formed by free multi-party elections once in four years.
		The Swiss system is strongly influenced in its operation by the use of the popular initiative and the referendum, through which the electorate plays a direct role in making important political, economic, and social decisions at all levels of government.
		Furthermore, the Swiss system grants considerable autonomy to individual cantons, which also limits the powers of the federal government.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Swz1.htm (370 words)

	Swiss elections: End of political consensus? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Swiss Peoples Party, run by the billionaire industrialist owner of chemical plants and right-wing populist Christoph Blocher, will hold 55 of the 200 seats in the Swiss parliament and has thus taken over from the Social Democrats, which were the largest fraction until now.
		The elections have shown that the social basis for concordance-democracy is crumbling and that the continuation of consensus politics is increasingly being challenged.
		The recent election results are a distorted expression of the huge polarisation between social classes in Switzerland, under conditions where none of the existing parties represent the working class.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/nov2003/swit-n11.shtml (1517 words)

	Right & Wrong
		The Swiss traditionally had a neutral stance in foreign affairs, something the SVP managed to transform into isolationist and anti-European sentiments.
		It observes that throughout the election campaign the party told the Swiss the story of the country's 'golden age.
		Swiss politics has definitely been more polarized, the paper says, but that doesn't mean it leans exclusively to the right.
	www.motherjones.com /news/dailymojo/2003/10/we_595_03c.html (1098 words)

	swissinfo - Swiss Left defeats Right in Bernese elections ahead of 2007 national elections
		"For the government election, it was a case of voters wanting to punish the right for trying to claim six out of seven seats," said Kriesi, head of the Center for Comparative and International Studies in Zurich.
		The rightwing Swiss People's Party and the centre-left Social Democrats are the two largest parties in the federal parliament.
		The former won the largest share of the vote in parliamentary elections in 2003, and gained a second seat in the seven-strong cabinet.
	www.swissinfo.org /eng/front/detail/Left_gains_more_ground_in_local_elections.html?siteSect=105&sid=6620170&cKey=1144686863000 (727 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS 2003
		Stung by the Election Commission’s notice to party President Sonia Gandhi over the use of Chhattisgarh state plane in violation of the Model Code of Conduct for the elections, the Congress here sought to blame the BJP for its troubles.
		He denied the allegation of having raised the issue of her foreign origin, saying that it was one of the Congressmen who had raised the issue, which resulted in a split in the party.
		But he had all praise for the Swiss President who said that the incident would not jeopardise the relations between the two countries and wanted the guilty to be punished, the Prime Minister observed.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031120/nation1.htm (4823 words)

	Turkey, Landmine Monitor Report 2003
		On 3 May 2003, the foreign ministers of both countries met and issued a joint statement that Greece and Turkey would proceed to submit simultaneously their respective instruments of adherence to the treaty.
		At the Standing Committee meetings in May 2003, Turkey reported that it had carried out mine-related projects in several regions of the world, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo, and that courses on mine clearance had been provided to foreign military personnel in the context of the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP).
		According to the government, between 1993 and 2003, 299 members of the armed forces and 289 civilians died as a result of antipersonnel mines; another 1,524 members of the armed forces and 793 civilians were injured.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2003/turkey.html (2717 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The four parties share power in the Swiss government, the Federal Council, and the SVP declared that its leading politician, Christoph Blocher would go for an additional ministerial post when the new parliament elects the cabinet on December 10.
		The growth of the two opposite extremes of mainstream Swiss politics on the right and left raised fears about the divisive influence of the result in one of western Europe's most stable democracies.
		Some Swiss say they are concerned that asylum seekers and other immigrants commit crimes and take jobs at a time when the economy is stagnating - a fear the SVP uses to its advantage to win votes.
	www.islam-online.net /English/News/2003-10/20/article08.shtml (1214 words)

	CBC - Ontario Votes 2003 - Commentary - Where's Howard?
		No matter how clever or media-friendly their campaigns are, party leaders who start the race at a distant third in public support can hardly be surprised if they don't get the same attention as the frontrunners.
		But there is another reason that the New Democratic Party is struggling to be a player in the campaign of 2003: the party at the other end of the political spectrum has essentially ignored it.
		For Hampton, this election is no longer about winning, but rather survival.
	www.cbc.ca /ontariovotes2003/commentary/docherty_howard_092303.html (1104 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		October 7 - 2003 California recall: Voters recall Governor Gray Davis from office and elect Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him.
		October 10 - Facing an investigation surrounding allegations of illegal drug use, American Right Wing radio host Rush Limbaugh publically admits that he is addicted to prescription pain killers and will seek treatment.
		President Vladimir Putin condemns attack as bid to destabilize the country two days before parliamentary elections.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /2003 (4934 words)

	maki is not a nameless cat: swiss democracy
		Today was a big election day in Switzerland - voting for members of the National Rat (sort of the equivalent of the Congress in the U.S.) and the Stände Rat (sort of equivalent to the Senate) for the federal parliament.
		What makes the Swiss election process so fascinating for an auslander is this: there were about 1,300 candidates on 32 ballot sheets - one for each party, plus a blank shee to put together your own list of candidates (from the previous lists - not write-in candidates).
		A slew of candidates participated in the recall elections, and while most of them were sort of shuffled off as fringe kooks, it at least gave a glimmer of hope to a courageous few that they too, could actually participate in the process.
	www.makikoitoh.com /archives/2003/10/swiss_democracy.html (798 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Nationalist party expected to make gains in Swiss parliamentary election
		GENEVA – The nationalist Swiss People's Party won the highest share of votes in parliamentary elections Sunday, state-owned Swiss television projected, after running a campaign that accused the government of being soft on crime and immigration.
		The Swiss People's Party has been gaining strength in recent years, warning that cherished Swiss values of independence and neutrality are being lost and evoking a supposed golden age when Switzerland had less crime and fewer foreigners.
		In the 1995 elections, the People's Party was still the smallest coalition partner, but it has made sizable gains in recent years.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20031019-1537-switzerland-election.html (813 words)

	Somalia
		Presidential elections were held on April 15 and the ruling United People's Democratic Party (UDUB) won a very close victory in elections determined to be credible and significantly transparent.
		Presidential elections in Somaliland were held on April 15, with the participation of three political parties: The Democratic United Peoples' Movement (UDUB), Solidarity Party (Kulmiye), and the Party for Justice and Democracy.
		Regional elections in Puntland were held during 2001; however, President Yusuf refused to step down, and Chief Justice Nur assumed powers as interim president.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27751.htm (7351 words)

	Handley \| Bulgarian Political Development, 1989-2003
		Regardless, embassy personnel remained very positive in their collective assessment of the expected election outcome, predicting the UDF probably would win a clear majority of at least fifty-one percent, but if this did not occur, the next government at least would be a coalition of UDF and the MRF.
		As events developed in late 2002 and early 2003, the GOB supported every effort made by Washington to force Iraq diplomatically to comply with sixteen UN resolutions concerning disarmament and weapons inspections ("The Government Submits," 2003).
		On 7 February 2003, the Bulgarian parliament approved the continued use of the Sarafovo airfield near Burgas for U.S. operations against Iraq and authorized the deployment of a 150-person CBR unit to Kuwait in support of a coalition operation.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2003_07-09/handley_bulgaria/handley_bulgaria.html (5921 words)

	March 2003 Military News
		Tanker crews launch first combat support missions AMCNS 21 Mar 2003 -- While most people were just waking up and drinking their first cup of coffee, the first of several KC-135 aircrews from the 401st Air Expeditionary Wing launched combat support missions over the skies of Southwest Asia March 19.
		Leaders tell Congress relationships key in war on terrorism AFPN 21 Mar 2003 -- Leaders from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command spoke to members of Congress on March 19 on the personnel issues their organizations face in fighting the global war on terrorism.
		Not everyone is a 'Wolfe' USMC News 21 Mar 2003 -- The Marine Corps is known worldwide for being a fine-tuned fighting force, but without proper information and messages, leaders would not be able to properly command their troops.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/03/03-21_index.htm (1975 words)

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