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Turkey's Ruling Party Lures Voters in Opposition Stronghold IZMIR, TURKEY Turkeys AK Party is seeking a fourth successive general election victory, with the goal of securing two-thirds of the seats in parliament to rewrite the constitution. AK Party
By Nico Colombant Reported by Pauline Bax in Conakry, Guinea 06 January 2006 Guinea's opposition is expressing dismay over the organization of recent local elections, leading one party to quit parliam
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 08 April 2008 Turnout has been very light in Egypt's local council elections as the main opposition group urged its followers to boycott the election when its candidates were disqualified. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDono
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 April 2007 Two of Nigeria's 18 opposition parties have backed down on their earlier threat to withdraw from Saturday's presidential ballot. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that cracks have emerged within the ranks of th
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 August 2006 India says it may withdraw its peacekeeping troops from southern Lebanon. The announcement comes as the United Nations tries to assemble a bigger international force to enforce the fledgling Middle East tr
By Tendai Maphosa London 22 June 2007 Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, said that the collapsing economy in Zimbabwe would force Mr. Mugabe to allow free and fair elections. From London, Tendai Map
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 24 January 2008 The two rivals in Kenya's political crisis met on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election and pledged to seek an end to weeks of unrest that have killed nearly700 people. President Mwai Kibaki and o
By Douglas Bakshian Manila 27 February 2006 Philippines legislator Maria Imelda (Imee) Marcos is joining opposition voices calling on President Gloria Arroyo to end the state of emergency. Marcos - th
By Meredith Buel Washington 22 January 2007 A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators, including John Warner, an influential member of President Bush's Republican Party, has announced support for a resolution opposing the president's plan to send more tha
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 23 January 2007 Journalists, politicians and observers in Senegal are expressing surprise at the announcement that popular opposition figure, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, is rejoining the camp of President Abdoulaye Wad
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called for greater African involvement in Zimbabwe's crises. And as VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, the Movement for Democratic Change leader added his
Putin Introduces Measures to Curb Political Opposition For months, presidential candidate Vladimir Putin had to put up with protests. Now, President Putin is fighting back. First, he pushed through a law dramatically raising fines for protest organiz
Syrian Opposition Groups Try to Meld Divergent Approaches As the Arab League moves closer to Syria's opposition, differences in both aims and approach among anti-government forces are coming to the fore. Syria's opposition is united on one point: the
Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal on Power Transfer Yemen's opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because the proposal appears to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh himse
By Catherine Maddux Washington 10 July 2006 Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is challenging the results of last week's election. He filed a petition following the very narrow, but apparent victory of his conservative oppone
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 June 2006 The founding legal secretary in Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, has announced he has joined the faction of the party lead by scientist Arthur Mutambara. -----------
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 April 2006 In Nepal, the authorities have detained scores of opposition leaders and imposed a curfew on the eve of a nationwide strike called to protest King Gyanendra'
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 03 January 2006 Uganda's main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye hit the campaign trail Tuesday following his release from prison on
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 08 May 2006 The pro-democracy opposition in Burma has dismissed claims in the government-controlled news media of mass resignations from the party. The response follows expressio
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 November 2006 The Nigerian government is under pressure to investigate money laundering charges against a senior presidential aide. The official was indicted by a U.S court for bringing undeclared cash into the United St