Tag: Parliamentary
Shutting Down Future: Beirut Battles Claim TV Sta...
As Hezbollah makes its way through Beirut, some of the victims are local television stations."The violent clashes between Lebanon's pro-government forces and Hezbollah-led opposition have had an immediate impact on...
Pakistan likely to reinstate sacked Supreme Court...
There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...
Opposition reunites in Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe's rival opposition factions say they have reunited, declaring they have a majority in parliament. The announcement was jointly made by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, whose faction split in 2005. The final results...
Zimbabwe to begin ballot recount
This is turning out to be the election that keeps on giving."Election officials in Zimbabwe are due to begin recounting some of the votes cast in polls held three weeks ago.The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies...
Fed up with Italian politics, man eats vote
I guess this is one way to take a stand on politics!"Ballot stuffing took on a new meaning in Italy's parliamentary election on Sunday when a man ate his ballot paper in protest at the country's politicians. ...
No Kites Fly: Basant Canceled
Basant, Pakistan's famous kite-flying festival, will not be taking place this year due to increased political violence. "The Basant festival brings a springtime buzz to eastern Pakistan and its regional capital,...
Italy Votes : High Turnout Expected
Italians are voting for a new parliament and prime minister in an early election: voting takes place today and tomorrow. Former PM and media baron Silvio Berlusconi is gunning for his old job against center-left...
South Korea conservatives win parliament majority
South Korea's new conservative president has led his party to a victory in the country's parliament."The conservative party of South Korea's new president won a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary election,...
Tensions Build In Zimbabwe Leading Up To Elections
The Tsvangirai-Mugabe battle has been long, intense, and hard-fought.But after suffering through decades under Mugabe's ruthless rule, will the people of Zimbabwe finally be able to grant Tsvangirai the electoral...
Iranians go to the polls today
Iranians will all be heading to the polls today to vote for a new government, but many are seeing the event as a contest between competing conservative factions, after the majority of reformist candidates were barred...
Karachi power cuts hit millions
Developing story..."Millions of people in Pakistan's largest city have been without electricity, following a power outage.
Pakistan's state-run utility said it had cut supplies to Karachi because the city's power...
300 Afghan MPs protest geert wilder's islamophobi...
"About 300 Afghan MPs demonstrated outside the parliamentary building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday
4 March 2008KABUL – About 300 Afghan MPs demonstrated outside the parliamentary building in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday in protest...
Iranian internet to be shut down on election day
Elections are scheduled to take place on March 14th in Iran. Reports from local media is that the internet will be shut down. The goverment claims that they are shutting down the internet because they are afraid of attacks to a new electronic voting system. "Etemad, a...
Pakistan's Ruling Party Concedes Defeat
Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America's close ally in the war on...
Kosovo Govt will Declare Its Independence Tomorrow
"2008, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has announced that Kosovo's parliament will declare independence from Serbia on Sunday. The ethnic Albanian-dominated Serb province has been under United Nations...
