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Outside View: A clash of titans?
Apr 04, 2012 (UPI)
Last Friday's Washington Post headline read "Romney to stress foreign policy" in the presidential race. The presumptive Republican nominee clearly recognized th...
Internet can help, not start, democracy
Apr 04, 2012 (UPI)
The use of the Internet to promote democracy is most effective in countries already enacting reforms to move in that direction, U.S. researchers say. The common...
Landmark trial of 1980 Turkish coup leaders opens
Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)
The two surviving leaders of Turkey's 1980 coup went on trial Wednesday at an Ankara courthouse where judges rejected pleas by the ailing defendants that they s...
Turkey generals go on trial, 32 years after coup
Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)
Turkey's 94-year-old former president Kenan Evren is due to go on trial on Wednesday to answer for his leading role in the country's last coup, more than three ...
Tibet's exiled premier says Myanmar icon offers hope
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
Exiled Tibetan leader Lobsang Sangay on Monday said Aung San Suu Kyi's by-election victory in weekend polls gave him hope that his troubled homeland would see a...
Thousands march against Hong Kong's next leader
Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)
Thousands of people in Hong Kong noisily protested on Sunday against the city's incoming leader and decried Beijing's alleged interference in the election that ...
Myanmar opposition claims landslide Suu Kyi win
Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)
Myanmar's opposition claimed a historic victory Sunday for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in her bid for a seat in parliament, sparking scenes of jubilat...
Ousted Maldives leader to hold US talks
Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)
The United States said that senior officials will meet Friday with the ousted leader of Maldives and urged restraint from all sides after he appealed for strong...
Turkish prosecutors urge stiff penalties in coup plot case
Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)
Turkish prosecutors are demanding jail terms of up to 20 years for 365 active and retired soldiers accused of plotting to undermine the Islamist-rooted governme...
Amid Arab Spring, Mideast executions rise
Mar 28, 2012 (UPI)
One of the more sinister aspects of the dictator-toppling uprisings of the Arab Spring, hailed as a new era of democracy in a rough region, is a reported sharp ...
Hong Kong's new leader must restore trust: analysts
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's new leader will struggle to balance the interests of powerful tycoons with those of the people after he secured Beijing's blessing to guide the city...
Asian election observer criticizes Myanmar
Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)
The head of an election monitoring group in Asia has questioned Myanmar government's commitment to political openness, despite Naypyitaw's invitation to electio...
Hong Kong leader-elect gets down to business
Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying got down to business Monday after winning the most divisive leadership election the city has seen since the 19...
Egypt military lashes out at Muslim Brotherhood
Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)
Egypt's ruling generals lashed out Sunday at the Muslim Brotherhood over its questioning of the military's continued support of the cabinet, while urging the Is...
Ex-property consultant wins Hong Kong election
Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)
Self-made millionaire property consultant Leung Chun-ying won Hong Kong's leadership election on Sunday, after the most divisive vote since the city reverted to...
Self-made man to rule over Hong Kong's tycoons
Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's incoming leader, Leung Chun-Ying, is the son of a policeman who carved out a fortune from real estate before entering politics as a relative outside...
Hong Kong counts down to leadership vote
Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's elites go to the polls Sunday to choose a new leader for the Asian financial centre, after an unusually fiery election process that has tested China...
Rights groups warn of Libya's shaky peace
Mar 23, 2012 (UPI)
Human rights campaign groups want the European Union and NATO to do more to secure Libya's fragile peace, which is said to be challenged daily by heavily armed ...
Suriname parliament to debate amnesty for president
Mar 23, 2012 (AFP)
Suriname's parliament on Friday will debate an amnesty proposal for President Desi Bouterse, who along with his military associates is accused of executing poli...
Hong Kong election hinges on Chinese whispers
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
Embattled Hong Kong leadership candidate Henry Tang said Wednesday he believed he could still win this weekend's election despite reports that Beijing has switc...
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