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Part of a democracy is to prevent election of the undemocratic which happened disastrously in Algeria. In December the Associated Press ran this: Key among its [Iraq’s] parties is the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution, a group closely allied to Iran and led by Abdel Aziz al-Hakim… Al-Hakim’s prominence on the list and his close relations with Iran give ammunition to many secular and non-Shiites to attack his coalition, saying Iraq’s political future will mirror Iran’s Shiite-run establishment if he and his supporters gain power. Mustafa Alani: “The nightmare scenario in the region is the election of an Iranian-influenced Shiite government in Iraq will lead to the creation of a ‘Super Iran’” The UIA have two thirds of the votes counted so far. CTV.ca | Iraq Shiite win may bring ‘Super Iran’: critics

“As present world temperatures are already 0.7C above the pre-industrial level, the process is well under way… when the temperature moves up to 2C above the pre-industrial level, expected in the middle of this century – within the lifetime of many people alive today – that serious effects start to come thick and fast… when the temperature moves up to the 3C level, expected in the early part of the second half of the century, these effects will become critical. There is likely to be irreversible damage to the Amazon rainforest, leading to its collapse… There will be a rapid increase in populations exposed to hunger, with up to 5.5 billion people living in regions with large losses in crop production, while another 3 billion people will have increased risk of water shortages… Above the 3C raised level, which may be after 2070, the effects will be catastrophic: the Arctic…