en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/political/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_takes_office_in_ta/ Taiwan's new president took office Tuesday and set the tone for his administration's policy on rival China: better economic and political ties but no plans for unification with the mainland. The inauguration of Ma Ying-jeou, 57, represents a clear brea news world 2008-05-20 08:12:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_takes_office_in_ta/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/293911203/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_president_takes_office_in_ta/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/pre-election_violence_flares_in_/ Nepalese police shot and killed a demonstrator Wednesday as he protested the killing of a political candidate a day earlier, police said. The demonstrator's death is the latest of several violent episodes in Nepal in advance of elections scheduled for Thu news world 2008-04-09 08:18:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/pre-election_violence_flares_in_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/09/nepal.dead/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/pre-election_violence_flares_in_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_editor_makes_bold_call_for/ China must pursue democratic reforms to defuse economic and social imbalances threatening the country's stability, a former editor of the People's Daily said in a rare open call for political reform. news world 2007-02-05 18:54:46 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_editor_makes_bold_call_for/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_politics_reform_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 60 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_editor_makes_bold_call_for/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_toler/ By day, Alireza Samiei covers banking and insurance for an industry newspaper. By night, he writes a daring online blog about Iran's social and political ills. news world 2006-12-18 18:40:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_toler/ Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/12/18/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_tolerance/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/boston_globe/ 95 Insightful [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_bloggers_test_regimes_toler/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_nairobi_to_push_for_deal/ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks in Kenya in an attempt to push the country's rival political groups to accept a deal to share power. Before meeting President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi, Ms Rice sai news world 2008-02-18 08:23:28 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_nairobi_to_push_for_deal/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7250158.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/rice_in_nairobi_to_push_for_deal/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/berlusconi_demands_early_electio/ Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has told Italy's president that only early elections can end the political crisis sparked by the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi last week. Berlusconi, a former prime minister, on Tuesday rejected the possib news world 2008-01-29 08:05:15 http://www.newsique.com/world/berlusconi_demands_early_electio/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/29/italy/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/berlusconi_demands_early_electio/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ Turkish prosecutors have reportedly moved to ban a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey that has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels. Supreme Court prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to bar the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the sta news world 2007-11-16 08:27:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7097988.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/legal_action_to_ban_kurdish_part/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/suu_kyi_meets_her_political_part/ Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met members of her political party for the first time in more than three years. Ms Suu Kyi is reported to be optimistic about the chances of reconciliation with the military junta. Earlier s news world 2007-11-09 16:48:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/suu_kyi_meets_her_political_part/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7086312.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/suu_kyi_meets_her_political_part/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_fukuda_to_become_pm/ Yasuo Fukuda, a quiet compromiser who has promised to bring stability and moderation to Japan’s tumultuous political scene, was elected prime minister by the lower house of parliament Tuesday. Fukuda garnered 338 votes in the lower house, many more t news world 2007-09-25 08:25:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_fukuda_to_become_pm/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20962981/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_fukuda_to_become_pm/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_ruling_party_picks_leader/ Japan's troubled ruling party on Sunday chose as its leader an admittedly uncharismatic party elder known for his dovish foreign policy and quiet political know-how. Yasuo Fukuda, 71, a longtime salary man in the oil industry before serving as Cabinet news world 2007-09-24 08:19:08 http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_ruling_party_picks_leader/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/160497450/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/japans_ruling_party_picks_leader/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/poland_to_hold_early_elections/ Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said he expected early elections in the autumn after his conservative party gave him the green light on Saturday to push for a snap vote to end weeks of political turmoil. Early elections have been on the cards in news world 2007-08-11 11:15:35 http://www.newsique.com/world/poland_to_hold_early_elections/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/11/poland.politics.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/poland_to_hold_early_elections/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/one_year_out_from_olympics_a_tes/ China's Olympic organizers said Monday that they will not allow the 2008 Beijing Games to be turned into a sounding board for foreigners with a political agenda. But even as they spoke, foreign demonstrators demanded the release of political prisoners and news world 2007-08-07 08:16:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/one_year_out_from_olympics_a_tes/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/06/AR2007080600338.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/one_year_out_from_olympics_a_tes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/new_manuals_push_a_putins-eye_vi/ With two new manuals for high school history and social studies teachers, written in part by Kremlin political consultants, Russian authorities are attempting to imbue classroom debate with a nationalist outlook. The history guide contains a laudatory news world 2007-07-20 11:26:53 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_manuals_push_a_putins-eye_vi/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071902707.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/new_manuals_push_a_putins-eye_vi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/au_summit_opens_to_darfur_debate/ Though Sudan has accepted the notion of a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur, the operation could still be derailed by a lack of funding and political will, African Union chairman Alpha Oumar Konare said Sunday. "What is lacking toda news world 2007-07-02 02:13:34 http://www.newsique.com/world/au_summit_opens_to_darfur_debate/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/129567760/2007-07-01-darfur-summit_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/au_summit_opens_to_darfur_debate/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/zimbabwe_rivals_in_crisis_talks/ Zimbabwe's opposition and ruling parties are holding talks aimed at solving the country's economic and political crisis, officials say. The first talks since South African President Thabo Mbeki was tasked with mediating between the rivals began in Sout news world 2007-06-18 08:18:20 http://www.newsique.com/world/zimbabwe_rivals_in_crisis_talks/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/6762883.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/zimbabwe_rivals_in_crisis_talks/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/crisis_calmed_ukraine_to_hold_ea/ Ukraine's president and prime minister on Sunday agreed to hold an early parliamentary election on September 30, defusing a months-long political crisis that had threatened to escalate into violence. "We found a decision, which is a compromise," Presid news world 2007-05-26 23:19:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/crisis_calmed_ukraine_to_hold_ea/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/26/ukraine.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/crisis_calmed_ukraine_to_hold_ea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/merkel_raises_concerns_with_russ/ The leaders of the European Union and Russia traded barbs over Russia's human rights record at the end of their summit Friday, an event that produced no formal agreements and served mainly to illustrate the widening political chasm between Russia and the news world 2007-05-18 10:57:07 http://www.newsique.com/world/merkel_raises_concerns_with_russ/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/18/russia.eu.summit.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/merkel_raises_concerns_with_russ/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_activists_barred_from_de/ Moscow airport officials stalled journalists and political opposition party members Friday morning, causing them to miss a flight bound to a southwestern Russian city where an anti-Kremlin march was planned on the sidelines of a major Russia-European Unio news world 2007-05-18 08:13:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_activists_barred_from_de/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/18/russia.protests/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/russian_activists_barred_from_de/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/ The ruling was an embarrassment for Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the prime minister, and his twin Lech, Poland's president, who have made the law a cornerstone of their political agenda. The brothers have exerted pressure on the tribunal in the past few days, a news world 2007-05-12 04:08:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2A1E6B58-B64D-4D0E-8A3E-86BF3DB3EE72.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Interesting [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_court_rules_against_spy_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/france_looks_to_new_sarkozy_era/ France is preparing to enter a new political era, one day after choosing right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy to be the country's next president. Previously a divisive cabinet minister, Mr Sarkozy won a clear election victory over Socialist opponent Segolene Roy news world 2007-05-07 15:32:17 http://www.newsique.com/world/france_looks_to_new_sarkozy_era/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6631813.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/france_looks_to_new_sarkozy_era/#comments