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By William Eagle Washington 28 February In Africa, the increased participation of women in politics is helping legislatures look more like their own societies and less like exclusive men's clubs. A st
俄罗斯民众游行示威 反对选举舞弊 The protesters shouted New Elections, New Elections, and their densely packed mass on Sakharov Avenue reached 100,000 people, according to organizers, which would exceed the numbers who showed up to prot
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 28 December 2007 Kenya's vice president and a number of cabinet ministers have lost their parliamentary seats according to first results from Kenyan elections on Thursday. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, presidential ch
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Palestinians are voting in their first parliamentary elections in ten years to select a new 132-seat Legislative Council. Thousands of Palestinian police have b
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 19 April 2006 watch Democracy report President Bush has urged the broader Middle East countries to embrace democracy and free elections. Several months ago, there
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 December 2007 Election monitors from the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe say Sunday's parliamentary balloting in Russia was unfair and failed to meet democratic election standa
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 23 April 2006 Dressed up in black, women voters tear up their ballots in a protest against the Thai election commission in Songkhla province, April 23, 20 Voters in 40 Thai distr
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 30 March 2006 Kenyan officials Thursday launched preparations for an international assembly of parliaments to be held in Nairobi in May. This is the first time the assembly w
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 March 2006 The head of India's ruling Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, has resigned from Parliament following a political controversy that threatened to disqualify her fro
Massive Russian Protest Poses Growing Challenge to Putin When Russias protest movement started three weeks ago, many in the Kremlin calculated that winter would kill it off. Saturday's rally to protest alleged fraud in the December 4 parliamentary el
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Friday with Lebanese leaders in Beirut, two weeks before parliamentary elections. Lebanon's Western-backed government is locked in a close electoral contest with the pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies. Vice Preside
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made an unannounced stop in Lebanon. Clinton expressed hope that Lebanon's June parliamentary elections will be free and fair. 美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿对黎巴嫩进行了事先没有宣布的访问
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 21 November 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's parliamentary and presidential elections will bring a total renewal of the country's top leadership. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has details from Mosco
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 11 May 2007 Armenians go to the polls this Saturday in a parliamentary election seen as a key test for democracy ahead of next year's presidential vote. VOA's Lisa McAdams in Moscow reports two pro-government parties are runnin
By Barry Wood Belgrade 19 January 2007 Serbians go the polls for parliamentary elections Sunday. Voters will be choosing candidates from 20 political parties and coalitions who are vying for 250 seats in parliament. VOA's Barry Wood in Belgrade repor
In September parliamentary elections were held in Belarus. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at what the results mean for the political life in the former Soviet republic, governed by authoritarian presid
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 08 October 2007 Nepal's former Maoist rebels are drafting a motion to abolish the monarchy and they plan to propose it in a special session of Parliament. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu The move comes as political par
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is calling for India and China to apply pressure on the Burmese government to release 26 imprisoned parliamentarians. The Inter-Parliamentary Union says India and China should follow the example of Venezuela and Brazil,
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 March 2008 Voters in Iran go to the polls on Friday for a parliamentary election seen mainly as a contest between competing conservative factions, after authorities barred the majority of reformist candidates from runni
By Meredith Buel Islamabad 18 February 2008 Polls have closed in Pakistan, where voters turned out to elect a new parliament and mark the country's transition from military rule to a democracy. Threats of violence appeared to keep voter turnout low.