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SF Gate
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Russia's parliamentary elections, which the pro-Kremlin United Russia party won handsomely, were "not fair" and failed to meet international democratic standards, according to observers from two leading European organizations.
The groups' scathing asse..
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BBC News
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Greece has rejected strong criticism of its handling of asylum seekers by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The UN body said the most vulnerable people were often unable to claim asylum and others were not guaranteed a fair evaluation of their cla..
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BBC News
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Foreign observers have said that Russia's parliamentary election, won by President Vladimir Putin's party, was "not fair".
The statement was made by a joint observer team of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Counci..
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BBC News
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US President George W Bush has urged Pakistan to hold free and fair elections, after its president stepped back from imposing emergency rule.
There had been mounting speculation that President Pervez Musharraf was considering the move, after he called..
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FOX News
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Religious police shut a Canadian Embassy booth and another for a Montreal private college at a Saudi Arabia fair last week allegedly because they were being run by women, the globeandmail.com reports.
"From what I hear ... the religious police were ver..
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