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Covers the expenses scandal surrounding the British Labor Party and the subsequent votes lost, which were extensive and often unprecedented all over the UK as well as in EU elections. Added to this is the great disapproval that PM Gordon Brown has experienced since his rise to power amid yet further scandals implying deceit and even murder to gain Britain's entrance into the Iraq War. To add to this, numerous Cabinet ministers and other politicos have resigned. Henceforth, many players have risen quickly through the ranks, such as Ed Balls, while other former members, like John Prescott, have made sharp rebukes against some of the players on the Brown team. Meanwhile, the Tories, who have received a number of parliamentary chairs have done so fairly unscathed by the scandals, yet have found their winnings not through their own popularity, but by the despisal for Labor. Included are many of the reform desires of the people, such as a recall procedure, a reform of the House of Lords, and enhanced legislative procedure. Adapted from the source document.

The author discusses the recent liberalization of relations between Libya and the United Nations and various Western countries. Libya has normalized its relations with the West over the last decade. The author views the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, as the culmination of this trend. The article summarizes the controversy surrounding the decision, including criticism of Scottish M.P. Kenneth MacAskill, who authorized the release. The author is particularly interested in reviewing U.S. opposition to the release. Public indignation in the US was expressed in calls for a boycott on Scottish exports such as whiskey. The article discusses the validity of accusations that the British government in Westminster influenced MacAskill's decision. Not one serious observer believes that London could leave such a delicate question of foreign policy to Edinburgh's sole discretion. The author believes that Britain's underlying motive may have been its desire for good relations with oil-and-gas rich Libya. Adapted from the source document.

The article presents the matter of humanitarian intervention and protectionist policies in a roundtable format of Russia's academians through the Institute for Contemporary International Studies of the Diplomatic Academy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The roundtable discusses armed intervention aimed at halting massive human rights violations, keeping connective lines with the United Nations Charter, raising a complex of issues for discussion. First topic scrutinized is NATO, followed by the doctrine of humanitarian intervention and practices and employment. The group discusses interventionist tactics utilized during the war with Georgia in 2008, correlating details with Kosovo. Also, discussed are humanitarian intervention polices as they regard to the position of self-defense and the norms of international and Russian law, involvement of the international community i.e. UN, CIS, NATO, etc., and the fight against terrorism; including thoughts on self-determination as accorded by UN and Helsinki documents. The conclusion more consideration is needed, as the world keeps changing and need for a transition to a new system of international law. Adapted from the source document.