Immigration has been a hotly debated issue in the Netherlands since radical politician Pim Fortuyn, who was later assassinated, called for an end to immigration two years ago.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Dutch MPs split over asylum bill

He is a pragmatic politician and a radical ideologue all rolled into one.

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Argentina's least unpopular politician is now Elisa Carrio, a former Radical turned populist firebrand.

ECONOMIST: Argentina's presidency

He is a tax expert who favours radical reform, but he has no experience as a politician and his views are at odds with the CDU's programme, not least the plan to raise the rate of VAT.

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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) Tunisia's interior minister said Tuesday that four suspects belonging to a radical Islamist group are being held for their involvement in the murder of a leftist opposition politician earlier this month that plunged the country into a political crisis.

NPR: Tunisia: 4 In Custody For Politician's Murder

In 2010, a 21-year old woman attempted to murder a top politician in a knife attack after being influenced by a U.S.-born radical cleric connected to a Yemen-based affiliate of al Qaeda.

WSJ: One Dead in Attack Near London Barracks

In 2010, a 21-year-old woman was found guilty of attempting to murder a top politician in a knife attack after being influenced by a U.S.-born radical cleric connected to a Yemen-based affiliate of al Qaeda.

WSJ: A Killing Puts U.K. on Guard for Terror

In 2010, a 21-year old woman was found guilty of attempting to murder a top politician in a knife attack after being influenced by a U.S.-born radical cleric connected to a Yemen-based affiliate of al Qaeda.

WSJ: One Dead in Attack Near London Barracks

She claimed her party was the only to have achieved radical constitutional reform, with the creation of the devolved Scottish Parliament first led by the late Labour politician Donald Dewar, and that people would not understand why the first minister would not move swiftly on the referendum.

BBC: Scottish Labour debate: Scotland's future