US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for a full investigation of Russia's parliamentary election. CNN
Clinton Calls Russian Election Unfair, Issues New Warning To Islamist Winners In Egypt Vote -- Washington Post/AP
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Issuing new warnings to two U.S. partners Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Russia for a parliamentary election she said was rigged and said election gains by Islamist parties must not set back Egypt’s push toward democracy after the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak this year.
She acknowledged the success of Islamist parties in Egyptian parliamentary voting that the U.S. has praised as fair. But many of the winners are not friendly to the United States or U.S. ally Israel, and some secular political activists in Egypt are worried that their revolution is being hijacked. Islamist parties are among the better-known and better-organized in Egypt, and while they were expected to do well in last week’s first round voting, a hardline bloc scored surprisingly large gains.
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My Comment: I can see it now .... 80 million Egyptians and 140 million Russians quaking in their boots because of US Secretary of State Clinton's "warnings". Cough .... cough .... someone should tell the Washington Post that they are not listening .... especially their governments.
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