Dion: Canadians set for election

UPDATE: Opposition leader Stephane Dion has said there will be a general election in Canada, after a brief meeting with PM Stephen Harper. Though there's no announcement as yet: "OTTAWA -- Liberal Leader Stephane...

Zimbabwe Talks: Still No Deal

The beleaguered talks between rival parties ZANU-PF and MDC have failed to cement a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even a s the opposition finds its...

MDC Wins Zimbabwe Parliament Vote

In a surprising move, MDC chairman Lovemore Moyo was voted the first opposition speaker since the country's independence in 1980. Two MDC law-makers were arrested at the ceremony, after Moyo narrowly beat Mugabe-backed MDC candidate Paul Themba Nyathi 110 to 98. "As the MPs...

Dissent Is Essential to Democracy by Amy Goodman

"The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the...

Venezuela's Chávez riles critics with new decree

The opposition has tried to link its protests for corrupt candidates to the coming local elections with the recent 26 laws Chavez issued by decree. Chavez was given full powers to rule by decree for a year. Such...

Eleven Cabinet Resignations In A Month As Four More Quit in the Maldives

"A further four cabinet ministers and seven deputy ministers on Saturday left government under a clause in the constitution banning dual parliament and cabinet roles, meaning eleven ministers have now quit cabinet...

Democrats adopt goal of health care guarantee

" Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama, soon to be the...

Venezuelans Have Had it with Hugo

Even though you control the media, have a strangelhold on the political system, and have more power than anyone else in the country doesn't necessarily mean the people like you."Riot police used tear gas Wednesday to block hundreds of Venezuelans protesting the latest moves...

Bush in Thailand Ahead of Olympics

President Bush has arrived in Thailand ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. The president will also be meeting with Burmese exiles. "Mr. Bush and Mr. Samak are scheduled to have a working dinner in Bangkok Wednesday, the second leg of the president's...

Mohamed Suleiman in charge of the Syrian nuclear program assassinated

News without Opinion. YNET in his today (August 4, 2008) hebrew edition claims that Mohamed Suleiman was in charge of the Syrian nuclear program, see here.   "Mohammed Suleiman, a top military...

Infighting threatens Venezuela vote

Local elections on 23 November 2008 will certainly have a long lasting effect on Venezuelan politics. It would decide the fate of President Chavez after his current administration term is over. It would also prove...

Zimbabwe Crisis Talks Stall, Rumours of a Mole Surface

The world is waiting in anticipation after it was announced that the Zimbabwe talks had stalled and were taking a few days off.The official story running on the wire and other news services is that both sides are at an impasse over what position and powers Morgan Tsvangirai,...

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar says medical report clears him of sodomy a...

This is a great progress, finally Anwar Ibrahim prove him self his not guilty. What is wrong with Malaysia govt? Do they found Anwar Ibrahim is a threat?" Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim claimed proof...

Young Indian Politician gain YouTube fans with ardent speech

India is considered as the country of young population and there are some young lawmakers in the Indian Parliment. Although they don't get to play any decisive role in their party. But in the recently held nuclear...

Indian UPA government wins confidence vote

The ruling Indian United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Congress Party survived a confidence vote today. This victory ends speculations for an earlier call for elections this year....

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