Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is formally candidate to run for a parliamentary seat in an upcoming by-election. The Nobel Peace Prize winner registered her candidacy Wednesday to represent a district just outside the main city of Rangoon. She and her National League for Democracy party will contest the 48 parliamentary seats that […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Files Papers to Run for Burmese Parliament
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
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Hundreds Protest Kazakh Election Results
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of people protested Tuesday in Kazakhstan against the alleged rigging of elections that gave a huge parliamentary majority to President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s ruling party. Supporters of the opposition All-National Social Democratic Party rallied in the city of Almaty, voicing their displeasure with the results of Sunday’s election. There was no sign of violence, and […]
Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear in Court
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed to appear before the Supreme Court later this week to face a contempt notice for failing to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court ordered Gilani to appear on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. Gilani could be sent […]
Pakistan PM Agrees to Appear in Court to Face Contempt Notice
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday he will appear before the Supreme Court later this week to face a contempt notice for failing to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court ordered Gilani to appear before the court on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. […]
Liberian President Takes Oath For Second Term
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun her second term with a pledge to maintain peace and create jobs in her formerly war-torn nation. Mrs. Sirleaf spoke Monday after her inauguration in the capital, Monrovia, attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-ranking officials, including the leaders of Guinea, Benin, Senegal, Sierra […]
Russian President Proposes Direct Election of Governors
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed a new law restoring the direct election of regional governors, as part of a series of political reforms promised after mass post-election protests last month. Under the bill, the Kremlin says Russian citizens would choose their regional governors running independently or on a party ticket for a term of […]
Liberian President Takes Oath For Second Term
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun her second term with a pledge to maintain peace and create jobs in her formerly war-torn nation. Mrs. Sirleaf spoke Monday after her inauguration in the capital, Monrovia, attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-ranking officials, including the leaders of Guinea, Benin, Senegal, Sierra […]
Liberian President Takes Oath For Second Term
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun her second term with a pledge to maintain peace and create jobs in her formerly war-torn nation. Mrs. Sirleaf spoke Monday after her inauguration in the capital, Monrovia, attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other high-ranking officials, including the leaders of Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone […]
Liberian President Takes Oath For Second Term
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 7:20 am (UTC-5)
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in for her second term, after handily winning re-election in a November vote. A VOA correspondent says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the heads of at least four West African nations attended Monday’s inauguration in the capital, Monrovia. Mrs. Sirleaf has pledged to address economic […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court: PM Faces Contempt, Must Appear
Posted January 16th, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for failing to follow the court’s orders and open a corruption probe into the president. The notice issued Monday orders the prime minister to appear before the court on January 19. If convicted of contempt of court, Mr. Gilani can be […]
