Deadly clashes in Kenya have raised fears that elections in March could again be violent as politicians exploit tribal rivalries, reports the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in the Tana Delta.
And while Greek austerity plans have prompted protests, sometimes violent ones, British politicians from all the major parties have been preparing the populace for cuts after the elections.
His unit's sources include thousands of letters stored in police archives, security agency records in the UK and abroad, and official files on 24 non-terrorist violent attacks on politicians in Europe since 1990.
The violent methods the politicians use become the modus operandi of their period in office, and the whole political system is corrupted.Mr Collier observes that elections begin to pay dividends to society only when they occur in a system of checks and balances, with a functioning rule of law: "As with elections and reform, democracy is a force for good as long as it is more than a façade".
Many of those accused of blasphemy have been killed by violent mobs, while politicians who advocate a change in legislation have also been targeted.
The group carried out a series of violent attacks on German politicians and industrialists in the 1970's.
Do we really want potentially corrupt politicians or violent terrorist sympathizers to be able to avoid prosecution by having a clear idea of what they can and cannot do?
The country to which Mr. Duvalier returned on Sunday seems woefully similar to the one he fled in 1986 — a place plagued by violent crime and corrupt politicians, where people live in crushing poverty and die from preventable diseases.
The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, delisted the MEK as a terrorist group on Friday following a well funded campaign to change the image of the group – which was banned in 1997 because of a history of killing Americans, assassinating Iranian politicians and violent support for Saddam Hussein – and portray it as Washington's ally in confronting Tehran.
And he quickly made a name for himself, going after corrupt politicians and violent criminals.
