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A Supreme Court ruling issued Thursday threatens one of the High Court's most significant decisions in the past century. So says Justice Stephen Breyer, who wrote the dissent to the five-four vote to severely limit how school districts use race to a
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 March 2006 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, March 31, 2006 Sri Lanka's ruling party is heading for a sweeping victory in local elections,
Nigerian opposition politicians are discussing the formation of a broad-based opposition party that can wrest power from the ruling People's Democratic Party in elections scheduled for 2011. The PDP has dominated the Nigerian political landscape sin
By Luis Ramirez Kuala Lumpur 08 March 2008 Polls have opened in Malaysia, where voters are casting ballots in snap elections that the longtime ruling coalition is expected to win. The government called the elections to reaffirm its mandate in the fac
By Jim Malone Washington 26 April 2007 The divisive issue of abortion is likely to be a major point of debate in next year's U.S. presidential election, thanks to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports fro
By Nico Colombant Zaria, Nigeria 20 April 2007 Even as the main opposition presidential candidates in Nigeria say they will take part in Saturday's elections, other opposition leaders and their supporters remain unconvinced about the usefulness of pa
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 24 July 2007 Provisional results in Cameroon's combined legislative and municipal elections show a landslide victory for President Paul Biya's ruling party. Opposition parties have alleged massive fraud and say they fear Mr. Bi
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 01 July 2007 Republic of Congo's President party has won nearly all the seats decided in the heavily criticized first round of last Sunday's parliamentary elections. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa opposition groups
Malaysia's ruling party has postponed a crucial December election to choose its leaders. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. The United Malays National Organization, or UMNO, the biggest party in the coalition that has ruled
By Nilanjana Bhowmick Nandigram, India 29 May 2008 India's rapid economic development is taking a toll on some segments of the population, and a recent village council election in a district of west Bengal, where the ruling party was ousted after 30
Provisional results from municipal elections in Senegal show big gains for political opponents of President Abdoulaye Wade. The polling is seen as a test of strength for the ruling party before presidential elections in 2012. People wait in line at
布隆迪乡村民众大选前感受到压力 Far from Bujumbura,the Burundian countryside seems little affected by the months of political protests and unrest in the capital city. 距布琼布拉很远处, 首都城市几个月的政治抗议和骚乱
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 07 April 2008 Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is urging its followers to boycott Tuesday's local council elections after the vast majority of its candidates were disqualified. VOA's Challiss McDon
By Phuong Tran 15 August 2007 Partial results from Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission show opposition candidate Ernest Koroma leading the presidential race. About 20 percent of the ballots from Saturday's election have been officially relea
By Sarah Simpson Lagos, Nigeria 12 April 2007 In Nigeria, a last-minute decision by the government to declare Thursday and Friday national holidays is forcing a delay in a crucial court ruling on the upcoming presidential election. The court is decid
By Tendai Maphosa London 05 December 2007 The British Home Office says the ruling against a Zimbabwean asylum seeker does not mean automatic removal of people who failed to gain asylum in the United Kingdom. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from London
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 02 April 2008 Turkey's ruling AK party is facing the prospect of closure, after the country's Constitutional Court agreed to hear a case accusing it of undermining secularism. The prime minister and president also face a five
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 10 June 2008 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Constitutional Court must explain its decision to overturn the government's move to allow students to wear Muslim headscarves at university. Last w
Iraq's Electoral Commission says voter turnout in Saturday's Kurdish election was high and polling went smoothly, despite allegations of irregularities by Kurdish opposition groups. The results of the election are not expected for several days. 伊拉克
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 03 December 2007 Four political parties have gained representation in the Russian parliament, with President Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia Party taking about 315 of 450 seats in national legislature. At least two Russ