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	Feature: French Roast (Global Journalist Magazine, Fourth Quarter 2005)
		As the controversial leader of the Union for Popular Majority, the main right-wing political party, Sarkozy is a potential frontrunner for the 2007 presidential election.
		Although highly criticized in the media for this remark, he later announced the deportations of all foreigners convicted of rioting to quell the unrest in the midst of a relatively subdued President Chirac.
		But so could his estrangement from wife Cecilia, who, by her own admission, is no Jackie O. If Sarkozy's political strategy is to monopolize the news by fashioning himself and his family after a beloved American presidential dynasty, he is well on his way; coverage is constant.
	www.globaljournalist.org /magazine/2005-4/french-roast.html (1891 words)

	Union for a Popular Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire), initially named the Union for the Presidential Majority (Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle), and more usually known from its French acronym as simply the UMP, is the main French conservative political party of the right-wing.
		It was founded in 2002 from the merger of the Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République, or RPR), Démocratie Libérale, and a sizeable portion of the Union for French Democracy (Union pour la Démocratie Française, better known as the UDF).
		The UMP has an absolute majority in the lower house of the Parliament but relies on its reluctant junior partner, the UDF, in the Senate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement (405 words)

	Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian (colloquially known as Bolshevist Russia), Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties.
		A referendum for the preservation of the USSR was held on March 17, 1991, with the majority of the population voting for preservation of the Union in most republics.
		The Soviet Union occupied the eastern portion of the European continent and the northern portion of the Asian continent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Soviet_Union (7011 words)

	Soviet Union
		The Soviet Union was established in December 1922 as the union of the Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, and Transcaucasian Soviet republics ruled by Bolshevik parties.
		A spontaneous popular uprising in Petrograd, in response to the wartime decay of Russia's physical well-being and morale, culminated in the toppling of the imperial government in March 1917 (''see'' February Revolution).
		In the 1970s, the Soviet Union achieved rough nuclear parity with the United States, and surpassed it by the end of that decade with the deployment of the SS-18 missile.
	soviet-union.ask.dyndns.dk (4275 words)

	Popular Action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Popular Action (Acción Popular) is a conservative liberal party in Peru.
		Fernando Belaúnde Terry founded Popular Action (Acción Popular) in 1956 as a reformist alternative to the status quo conservative forces and the controversial American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party.
		AP member Valentín Paniagua Corazao would become President of Congress in October 2000 and, after the demise of the Fujimori administration, became the interim President of Peru, holding office from November 2000 to July 2001.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Popular_Action_(Peru) (333 words)

	Jacques Chirac - MSN Encarta
		The two parties won a majority in the National Assembly, forcing Mitterrand to form a new cabinet in which he shared power with the Gaullists.
		Another major development presided over by Chirac was France’s successful adoption of the single European currency, the euro, beginning in 1999.
		In a major confidence blow for the government, voters rejected the constitution by almost 55 percent.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579889/Jacques_Chirac.html (1757 words)

	Toward EU Membership: Europe Should Recognize Turkey's Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A state of emergency that curtailed basic liberties in southeast Turkey, where a majority of the Kurds live, was lifted after 25 years.
		A European Union that incorporates a Turkey that has made significant headway along the path it is now pursuing would be more dynamic economically, more cosmopolitan and more committed to the values of an open society.
		The expansion of the European Union last weekend is a testimony to their foresight.
	www.soros.org /resources/articles_publications/articles/turkey_20040507 (799 words)

	Bakunin's Statism and Anarchy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		By popular government they mean government of the people by a small number of representatives and rulers of the state elected by the people.
		To effect a change in the governing body, the vast majority would have to recall their delegates, a process which may take time and so ensure that the government remains in its position long enough to ride out popular discontent (and, perhaps, "discipline" the population).
		The major problem with this is, of course, the whole point of a mandate is that the electors themselves decide upon the issues at hand.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/anarchism/writers/anarcho/Bakunin_critique.html (8881 words)

	Union for A Popular Movement - dKosopedia
		As the 2002 presidential election was looming with a reelection bid by Chirac, major right-wing figures - inspired by Chirac himself - decided to use the momentum to merge the three main parties of the right (RPR - gaullist ; UDF - centrist ; DL - freemarket oriented party) in one big one.
		Nicolas Sarkozy, France's extremly popular interior minister, was elected president of the party, in spite of his very tense relationship with Chirac, whom he openly campaigns to succeed.
		Mainly though, the tension between the two wings of the party are personal, as Chirac's friends hate Sarkozy for his inclination to continuously humiliate Chirac by reminding people of his age and his failures and also what was considered his betrayal of Chirac when he supported Chirac's right-wing rival Balladur during the 1995 presidential election.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Union_for_A_Popular_Movement (637 words)

	portland imc - 2006.04.06 - French unions hold talks with government in move to end “First Job Contract” strikes
		The unions claim their discussions with the government—coming one day after a second national day of action against the CPE that saw millions across France join in strikes and mass protests—are aimed at ensuring that new legislation nullifies the CPE.
		The real aim of the unions is to work out a deal which, they hope, will provide some degree of political cover for their capitulation, in the face of overwhelming popular opposition, to the attack by the government and big business on long-standing laws that provide a measure of job security for workers.
		Chirac indicated as much on Wednesday, when he called on the unions to accept their "responsibility" and ensure that the discussions are "constructive," and demanded that high school and university students end their strikes and occupations and resume their classes.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2006/04/337323.shtml (1065 words)

	France (07/06)
		Deteriorating economic conditions and popular resentment against the complicated system of privileges granted the nobility and clerics were among the principal causes of the French Revolution (1789-94).
		Most unions are affiliated with one of the competing national federations, the largest and most powerful of which are the communist-dominated General Labor Confederation (CGT), the Workers' Force (FO), and the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT).
		France is an active participant in the major supplier regimes designed to restrict transfer of technologies that could lead to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group (for chemical and biological weapons), the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Missile Technology Control Regime.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htm (5534 words)

	Expatica's French news in English: Huge majority hands Sarkozy UMP leadership
		Voting for a new party president among the Union for a Popular Movement's 128,000 members ended Sunday with two other candidates in the running.
		majority", was circulated by the finance minister's entourage, with the consent of its author.
		Juppe, a confidant of French President Jacques Chirac, stepped down after he was found guilty of party funding fraud and barred from holding public office for 10 years in January.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=14384&name=Huge+majority+hands+Sarkozy+UMP+leadership (240 words)

	Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Moreover, the Egyptian blockade prior to the 1956 Suez War violated the Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, which was adopted by the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea on April 27, 1958.
		The other major religions in Israel, such as Islam and Christianity are officially supported via their own establishments which have jurisdiction over their followers.
		The influx of Jewish immigrants from the former USSR topped 750,000 during the period 1989-1999, bringing the population of Israel from the former Soviet Union to 1 million, one-sixth of the total population, and adding scientific and professional expertise of substantial value for the economy's future.
	israel.iqnaut.net (5016 words)

	Digital History
		As in the rest of the Gulf States that I have visited, the desire for revolution is paramount among the people, and the Union is constantly spoken of as both a danger and a disgrace that is to be averted and avoided.
		The popular majority which all the free States have exhibited for Lincoln is looked upon as irreversible, and the party slogan that slavery is "an evil and a crime," and must be belted in with a line of socially hostile States, is accepted as the permanent opinion of the Northern people.
		The anti-slavery oligarchy, which rules the North through the clergy and the demagogues, are believed to be immutably enthroned there, whether their policy be for weal or woe to the country.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=187 (759 words)

	French unions hold talks with government in move to end “First Job Contract” strikes : LA IMC
		There is an unstated agreement between the government, the unions and the left wing of the political establishment that the talks should provide a smokescreen behind which all of the participants work to suppress the popular resistance.
		The WSWS later asked Maryse Dumas, a top official in the CGT, why her union had rejected calls by student delegates for a general strike and had refused to call for the resignation of the Gaullist government.
		While the unions enter into talks with the government and move to end the student protests, the official “left” parties seek to divert anti-government sentiment into politically safe electoral channels.
	la.indymedia.org /print.php?id=152981 (1116 words)

	National Popular Election of the President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The proposed interstate compact implements nationwide popular election of the President by having states agree to jointly award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
		The major shortcoming of the current system is that voters in two thirds of the states are effectively disenfranchised in presidential elections because they do not live in closely divided "battleground" states.
		National Popular Vote has met with legislators at ALEC in San Francisco in July 2006, NASS in Santa Fe in July, NCSL in Nashville in August, and CSG in Chicago in August, where Democratic and Republican state legislators chaired a legislative roundtable.
	www.nationalpopularvote.com /npv/index.php (3112 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Juppé quits as party chief
		Mr Juppé promised to resign from the Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) after his conviction in January for corrupt funding practices.
		If his waning popularity and recent dismal electoral results lead him to retreat from politics, he wants to ensure that a loyal successor is in place.
		The prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, whose popularity rating is much lower than Mr Sarkozy's, has also expressed an interest in the party post and Mr Chirac has made it clear he backs his candidacy.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,1263294,00.html (663 words)

	Union for a Popular Movement - Gurupedia
		The Union for a Popular Movement, initially named the Union for a Presidential Majority, and in both cases also known by its French acronym UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire and Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle, respectively) is a French right-wing political party.
		It is conservative and a member of the International Democrat Union.
		UMP has a majority in both houses of the French Parliament.
	www.gurupedia.com /u/um/ump.htm (218 words)

	The Anarcho-Statists of Spain
		I agree with the vast majority of anarchist writers on this subject that the first and greatest mistake of the Spanish anarchist movement was the mistaken belief that they could work with one side of capitalism (the democratic state) against another (fascism).
		Obviously the majority of the CNT supported the policy of collaboration against the greater evil of fascism, as can be seen from the support the CNT leadership continued to have and the failure of the union assemblies to expel the Friends of Durruti or withhold financial support to the Libertarian Youth.
		The various union, collective, militia, etc. assemblies and plenums (distorted as they were due to the circumstances of the war) provided a voice for the rank and file, a rank and file who were subject to arguments against collaboration by a significant minority of anarchists.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/anarchism/writers/anarcho/history/spain/caplan.html (20284 words)

	France (02/03)
		Political parties: Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) [a new coalition of center-right parties, among which are Rally for the Republic (Gaullists/conservatives) and Liberal Democracy]; Union for French Democracy (a center-right conglomerate of smaller parties); Socialist Party; Communist Party; National Front; Greens; various minor parties.
		However, during the legislative elections of 1997, the left won a majority in the Assembly, and Juppé was subsequently replaced by Socialist Lionel Jospin.
		The UMP was rechristened the Union for a Popular Movement following the legislative elections.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/f/28963.htm (3955 words)

	Expatica's French news in English: Majority among French left oppose EU constitution
		For the fourth time in under two weeks, a majority of the French public told the Ipsos survey in Le Figaro newspaper that they will reject the constitution on May 29.
		Opposition has become the majority view not just on the Trotskyist and Communist far-left, but even among the mainstream Socialists (PS) - whose leadership is actually campaigning in favour of the constitution, the survey reported.
		Chirac's ruling centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and its centrist ally the Union for French Democracy (UDF) are both enthusiastic supporters of the text, as is PS leader Francois Hollande and other socialist heavyweights such as former ministers Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Jack Lang.
	www.expatica.com /source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=18486&name=Majority+among+French+left+oppose+EU+constitution (591 words)

	Sophomore Project by Amie Csiszer '02
		Graffiti was not considered a major crime by the city's laws, but it was a violation of Transit Authority rules.
		In a city where the majority of graffiti is NY-style graffiti art and not gang-related, anti-graffiti programs that rally themselves around ridding the city of graffiti for fear of crime, violence, and gangs are unfounded.
		Contrary to popular belief, graffiti is not defined by its illegality.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/SCHOLARS/soph/csiszer.htm (19959 words)

	Judaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Over the next four centuries this Law underwent discussion and debate in both of the world's major Jewish communities (in Israel and Babylon), and the commentaries on the Mishnah from each of these communities eventually came to be edited together into compilations known as the two Talmuds.
		Major changes occurred in response to the Enlightenment (late 1700s to early 1800s) leading to the post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, and then modern Jewish philosophers such as Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Mordecai Kaplan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Will Herberg, Emmanuel Levinas, Richard Rubenstein, Emil Fackenheim, and Joseph Soloveitchik.
		Complementing the increased popularity of the major denominations has been a number of new approaches to Jewish worship, including feminist approaches to Judaism and Jewish renewal movements.
	judaism.iqnaut.net (7047 words)

	European Affairs [A Publication of the European Institute]
		A majority of voters obviously felt that further progress along the path to European unity would be contrary to French interests.
		From the start, however, there were differences between “reformers” and “realists,” both inside the cabinet and among the deputies of the Union for a Popular Majority (UMP), which supports the government in the National Assembly.
		Blair at an EU summit meeting in Brussels in June as confirming that a major clash was under way between competing French and British visions of how the European Union should be organized.
	www.europeanaffairs.org /current_issue/2005_winter/2005_winter_01.php4 (1703 words)

	[ National Identity, Independence and Social Struggle ! - UFP - Union des forces progressistes ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since the 1960s, a majority of Francophones, and those immigrants who became integrated with the Francophone majority, began to identify first and foremost as Quebecois.
		Members of the trade union movement are also massively sovereigntist and define themselves as Quebecois in solidarity with the struggles of the people of the world.
		In sum, to struggle for true national liberation is to place popular sovereignty at the heart of moves towards independence.
	www.ufp.qc.ca /article.php3?id_article=1518 (836 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Politics of the Republic of China
		The Republic of China (ROC) currently has jurisdiction over Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, and the Pescadores Islands (Penghu) and several smaller islands.
		Taiwan's two major cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, are centrally administered municipalities.
		The rest of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands are administered together as the Province of Taiwan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-the-Republic-of-China (1561 words)

	EU Referendum
		Trouble is looming in France’s ruling Union for a Popular Majority (UMP).
		But Chirac is clearly hoping that Sarkozy will be caught in a bind: on the one hand, leadership of the party is the obvious way to the top; on the other hand if he stops being a minister, he will lose his present popularity, unique among the UMP leadership.
		He, on the other hand, is not all that popular, having just presided over two crushing defeats for the party in regional and European elections.
	eureferendum.blogspot.com /2004/07/ructions-in-ump.html (484 words)

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