Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has called off his planned return to his homeland, citing the ongoing political situation. The secretary general of Mr. Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League, Mohammad Saif, told reporters in Dubai Friday that the former leader decided to heed his party’s recommendations and not travel to Pakistan in the coming days, […]
Musharraf Calls Off Planned Return to Pakistan
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Liberal Opposition Leader Barred From Running in Russian Election
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Russian officials have barred liberal opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky from running for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin because of alleged problems with his registration forms. The central elections commission said Friday it could not accept about 25 percent of the signatures gathered to back Yavlinsky’s candidacy because they are invalid. The move increases Prime […]
Nigerian Governors Dismissed by High Court
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
((UPDATES # 1935605, new info in grafs 2-3, edits, clarifies info in graf 4) Nigeria’s Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday ordering five state governors be removed from office. The governors of Kogi, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Sokoto and Cross River were all elected in 2007 to four-year terms, but their elections were nullified by electoral tribunals […]
Nigerian Governors Dismissed by High Court
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Nigeria’s Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday ordering five state governors be removed from office. The court ruled the governors’ mandate to remain in their posts expired in May 2011. The governors include Ibrahim Idris of Kogi state, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, Bayelsa state’s Timipre Sylva, Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state, and Cross River’s Liyel […]
Republican Candidates Spar on Immigration, Israel
Posted January 27th, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
The four remaining U.S. Republican presidential candidates have held their last debate before next week’s crucial Florida primary, sparring over immigration, tax records, and a proposed moon colony, in the state that hosts much of the nation’s space industry. Frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney traded barbs Thursday at the debate in Jacksonville, in northern […]
OSCE Sends Election Monitors to Russia
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Voting monitors for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe have launched a mission in Russia ahead of the March 4 presidential election. Mission chief Heidi Tagliavini on Thursday pledged to evaluate the election process objectively. “I can assure you that we will do our work honestly and with an open mind. We will […]
Russia Approves New Opposition Rally
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
Authorities in Moscow have agreed to allow a mass opposition rally on February 4, a month before Russia’s presidential polls. Deputy Mayor Aleksander Gorbenko says authorities approved the route for the protest, which will see demonstrators march to Bolotnaya Square, just opposite the Kremlin on the other side of the Moscow River. An estimated 50,000 […]
President, Arizona Governor Clash Over Memoir
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 5:40 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer were seen in a spirited discussion Wednesday over what the governor said was something she had written in a recent memoir. A pool report said the two officials traded words, out of earshot, when the government met the president at a Phoenix airport Wednesday during a […]
Rebel Leader Demands Return of Former Papua New Guinea PM
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
A retired military commander who claims to have taken over Papua New Guinea’s armed forces has given a seven-day deadline for the government to re-instate former Prime Minister Michael Somare. Reports say Yaura Sasa and a group of rebel soldiers seized a military barracks in the capital, Port Moresby, on Thursday before taking over the […]
Rebel Leader Demands Return of Former Papua New Guinea PM
Posted January 26th, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
A retired military commander who claims to have taken over Papua New Guinea’s armed forces has given a seven-day deadline for the government to re-instate former Prime Minister Michael Somare. Reports say Yaura Sasa and at least a dozen rebel soldiers seized a military barracks in the capital, Port Moresby, on Thursday before taking over […]
