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Legitimacy

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Legitimacy

description: "Legitimacy refers to a system of sanction. It is a measure of political acceptability or perceived fairness. State law has its legitimacy in the state; local law and practices work on a system of social sanction, in that they derive their legitimacy from a system of social organization and relationships."

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 43 Documents

Abdullah Abdullah

Karzai inaugurated for second presidential term

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has been sworn-in for a second five year term in Kabul. A tight security clampdown to prevent possible Taliban attacks was in place in the Afghan capital ahead of the inauguration.During his speech, Karzai said he ... [EuroNews - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Legitimacy

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 3 Documents

HONDURAS: Micheletti to briefly step down during elections

In an apparent bid to boost the legitimacy of the Nov. 29 election, Hondura’s de facto leader Roberto Micheletti announced Thursday that he would step down and hand over government to his cabinet during the elections. ... [France24 - World - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, DE FACTO

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Yglesias Award Nominee

"[T]here is no question about the legitimacy of U.S. federal courts to incapacitate terrorists. Many of Holder’s critics appear to have forgotten that the Bush administration used civilian courts to put away dozens of terrorists, including “shoe bomber” ... [The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Terrorists, John Walker Lindh, Attorney General

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hamid Karzai

Clinton praises Karzai pledge to fight corruption

Hillary Clinton has welcomed the pledge by Afghanistan’s newly sworn-in president to battle corruption both within and without political circles.As the US Secretary of State met with other diplomatic chiefs after the presidential inauguration in Kabul, ... [EuroNews - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Corruption, Hillary Clinton

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

NATO

Top Article: A Global Concern

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan's presidential election is still a work in progress but its implications will be enormous. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan needs a legitimate and credible outcome from this election in order to ... [Times of India - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Taliban, Afghanistan, NATO

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Hillary Clinton

Karzai vows to fight graft

Karzai was sworn in yesterday as Washington decides whether to send tens of thousands more troops to fight an increasingly unpopular war. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was among foreign officials at the ceremony.Karzai, 51, also called for a ''loya ... [Times Live South Africa - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Loya Jirga, Taliban Insurgency, Legitimacy, Hillary Clinton

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Republican Party (US)

Obama's legitimacy

Widely doubted among Republicans, according to a PPP survey:PPP's newest national survey finds that a 52% majority of GOP voters nat ... [Politico - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Legitimacy, Republican Party (US)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Yesterday in parliament

session Gordon Brown hit out at claims that the last Queen's speech before the election was motivated by party politics. David Cameron accused the prime minister of trying to set out 'dividing lines' in the last programme of legislation before the p ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: David Cameron, Lord Strathclyde, Military/Armed Forces, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

GOP Fearmongering Succeeds in Casting Doubt on Legitimacy of the Electoral Process

(photo by votefx) The Republican Party has engaged in a decades-long project to portray any Democratic electoral gains as fraudulent, chipping away at the legitimacy of any Democratic politician. A new poll by a Democratic firm shows that these efforts ... [Firedoglake - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Legitimacy, Conspiracy, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Karzai sworn in, pledges Afghan troops will take charge

Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday, vowing to combat corruption and reaching out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy.Karzai took the oath of office as the US-led war stretches into ... [Bangkok Post - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Hamid Karzai, Taliban, Afghanistan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Nuke Gaza

Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more. Israel's "legitimacy" will not last. Of course, that assumes its legitimacy was deserved. That issue also is now called into question in light of the consistency of ... [Online Journal - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Israel, Zionists, Legitimacy, Harry S Truman

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

After the Color Has Faded from the Revolution

, neither conditions on the ground nor the popular view of those in power has changed in Western Ukraine. Outrage, it seems, has been replaced by apathy, and now the country risks tilting back eastward.This, too, seems like a predictable but nonetheless ... [World Politics Review - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Legitimacy, Mobilization, Ukraine

Quotes

...tourism industry had taken a beating from the recession during the off season and was looking forward to making some money during the high season. "If we can prevent violence from happening in Chiang Mai this time, it means Chiang Mai still has a future and its image of being a popular tourist destination will be restored" he said.Kanyapak Maneechan, a leader of Chiang Mai 51, insisted that her group and the red shirts in eight northern provinces were determined not to...

Concern mounts over PM's Chiang Mai visit [The Nation - Thailand - 2 hours ago]

...Talab el Sana, a Palestinian Israeli legislator, said: "The settlements have turned into a hothouse for growing murderers and the rabbis are providing a fertile ground and legitimacy for them to commit their crimes." Condemnation that Israel was turning a blind eye to settler brutality was also drawn by last week's arrest of Mr Teitel, the US-born Jewish settler who...

Rabbi Book: Kill Violators of Jewish Law [Middle East Online - 8 hours ago]

Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007. The Islamist group disputes Abbas's legitimacy. "Now for a realistic reason, due to certain conditions -- because of the rejection of Hamas and its threat to prevent (voting) by force, naturally they will be delayed, or the time of the elections will come later" Abbas said. In October, Hamas refused to sign the Egyptian proposal, which aims to promote reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas

Palestinian president confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed [Trend News Agency - 10 hours ago]

...While fully committing to combat drugs that do not conform to QSE, Indonesia questioned the legitimacy of IMPACT, adding that "we are still unclear if the Rome Declaration was subsequently discussed, recognized and endorsed by the EB and WHA to frame the terms of reference or decide on the establishment of IMPACT's function and membership"

WHO: Concerns voiced over IMPACT, Secretariat's role on "counterfeits" by Sangeeta Shashikant [Third World Network - 12 hours ago]

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The Latest Palestinian Strategy [Middle East Online - 8 hours ago]
Rabbi Book: Kill Violators of Jewish Law [Middle East Online - 8 hours ago]
Afghanistan's Corruption [Middle East Online - 8 hours ago]
Paying Off the Warlords [Middle East Online - 8 hours ago]
Azerbaijan says Karabakh talks last chance for ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 9 hours ago]
Palestinian president confirms Palestinian vote... [Trend News Agency - 10 hours ago]
More English needed for China’s peacekeeping role [Taipei Times Online - 11 hours ago]
WHO: Concerns voiced over IMPACT, Secretariat's... [Third World Network - 12 hours ago]
WHO: Counterfeit taskforce may block legitimate... [Third World Network - 12 hours ago]
WHO/Big Pharma counterfeit plans receive harsh ... [Third World Network - 12 hours ago]
Wiley Drake lifts call for 'imprecatory prayer'... [Associated Baptist Press - 13 hours ago]
Congress has a role in investigating Fort Hood ... [Washington Post - 14 hours ago]
Baroness Ashton's post is no cause British pride [Daily Express - 14 hours ago]
Global imbalances require a global fiscal syste... [China Post - 14 hours ago]
PLO slams Israel for approving new settlement b... [China.com - 15 hours ago]
Craigslist robberies: Chicago police arrest 3 [Chicago Tribune - 16 hours ago]
Counterinsurgency by the book [Globe and Mail - 17 hours ago]
These Men Could Kill SarbOx [BusinessWeek - 18 hours ago]
A Big Loophole in Cap and Trade [BusinessWeek - 18 hours ago]
Palestinian panel to sidestep vote [Washington Post - 18 hours ago]
In Britain, Visions of Japans Decade of Stagnation [New York Times - 19 hours ago]

Blogs

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James Zogby: Not Serious, Again [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago] It was 1988, with the first Intifada in full bloom and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the lead up to their November 29th declaration of independence, ...
Daniel Altschuler: The Clergy and the Coup [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] Earlier this week, Mary Anastasia O'Grady shamelessly pulled the God card to defend the Honduran coup. Specifically, she handed her Wall Street Journal ...
Obama's Mafia: WHISTELBLOWER VIDEO EXPOSES SEIU... [Atlas Shrugs - 5 hours ago] The country is in full melt down mode. A corrupt President who protects his corrupt cronies. No true constitutional republic can survive such systemic corruption. ...
Mahmoud Abbas in Brazil: The Rise of Jew Hatred... [Atlas Shrugs - 6 hours ago] As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving ...
Year-End Investment Profit Parachute Strategy [The Market Oracle - 8 hours ago] AM By: DeepCaster_LLC The end of an empire always comes when the currency is destroyed.Congressman, Dr. Ron Paul, November 9, 2007 That probably has to be a basket," ...

Audio/Video

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What do they talk about in all those Afghanista... [Slate Magazine - 11/12/2009]
Clinton: Israel Settlements Need Halt 'Forever' [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/04/2009]
Afghan election: Run-off cancelled, Karzai decl... [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/02/2009]
Karzai rival pulls out of runoff - 02 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/02/2009]
Why Won't They Just Drag Karadzic to Court? [Slate Magazine - 10/29/2009]

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