Iraqis in the street are saying that the Shiite-dominated government planned it that way. The elections gave people hope for an improved life, but immediately after the vote, the quality of life declined.

I was treated very well. That's important people know that. They never said they would hit me, never threatened me in any way. I was just happy to be free, and I want to be with my family.

[Bildt claimed Milosevic is naive in his hopes that Karadzic would be knocked out of government by elections.] He wants to get rid of Karadzic, that's for sure, but only through elections, ... I've been telling him that's not good enough, that Karadzic has to be gone before then.

The government in Islamabad must ensure that these elections are open, free and fair.

Our goal is to foil government plans to hold the municipal elections and to break the backbone of the autocratic regime.

What the anti-fat activists are saying is, people don't want what they ought to want, and therefore the government has to coercively change what they want.