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WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 19, 2008 @ 8:28am neoform

BBC News -- The main party backing President Pervez Musharraf has admitted defeat in Pakistan's elections. The two main opposition parties, the PPP of late PM Benazir Bhutto and the PML-N, led by another former PM, Nawaz Sharif, have a clear majority. If they f.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

BBC News -- Two major parties in Turkey say they will submit a joint plan to parliament to ease a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities. The Islamist-rooted governing AK Party and the nationalist MHP say it is an issue of human rights and freedoms. The t.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Dec 19, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Rival parties representing Belgium's Dutch and French-speaking populations have formed an emergency government, ending six month of deadlock. The government of caretaker Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt will stay in office for no more than three months... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Sep 17, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- In a fiercely contested election overshadowed by the summer's devastating wildfires, Greece's ruling conservatives appeared headed for a narrow victory today despite widespread public discontent that gave a boost to smaller political parties. With 94 p.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 18, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 1:03pm neoform

BBC News -- Two secularist opposition parties in Turkey are joining forces to challenge the Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party in the July general election. The alliance was announced at a news conference on Thursday by the Republican People's Party (CHP) and Democra.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 1, 2007 @ 2:24pm neoform

Al Jazeera -- We want negotiations to start unconditionally and I am happy that all sides have agreed to do that," Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador, said, though he said the parties had accepted the resolution "reluctantly". Western Sahara, larger than Britain b.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 1, 2006 @ 7:56pm neoform

Reuters -- A Somali minister said on Wednesday war in his country appeared likely and talks between the government and Islamists were postponed with mediators urging the Horn of Africa nation's rivals to exercise restraint... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Fri Oct 27, 2006 @ 12:57am neoform

TCS Daily -- The Czech Republic, which held general elections in June, still has no government. Judging by the atmosphere of mistrust between the main political parties, it is unlikely that the Czechs will have a government anytime soon. Five months later, the only ce.. Read More