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Myanmar opposition party to boycott elections (AP)

March 29th, 2010

A pro-democracy activist for Myanmar holds a portrait of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in New Delhi March 17, 2010. Myanmar's biggest opposition party said on Monday it would not register for this year's election, meaning the party of Suu Kyi will not be allowed any role in the military-led political process. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesAP - The party of Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi decided Monday to boycott the military-ruled country’s first election in two decades after the Nobel laureate blasted…

Myanmar opposition party won’t contest election (AP)

March 29th, 2010

A pro-democracy activist for Myanmar holds a portrait of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in New Delhi March 17, 2010. Myanmar's biggest opposition party said on Monday it would not register for this year's election, meaning the party of Suu Kyi will not be allowed any role in the military-led political process. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesAP - The party of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi decided Monday not to contest the first election in military-ruled Myanmar in two decades, after the Nobel laureate…

French left beats Sarkozy’s party in regional vote (AP)

March 21st, 2010

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, centre left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the polling station after casting their votes for the second round of the regional elections, in Paris, Sunday, March 21, 2010. President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party was bracing for a massive setback Sunday as frustrated French voters cast ballots in regional run-off elections likely to favor the opposition left and to set the stage for the 2012 presidential race. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)AP - The long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservatives in regional elections colored by voters’ economic worries — and informally kicking off the 2012…

Iran bans leading pro-reform political party (AP)

March 15th, 2010

Logo of the Iranian reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF). An Iranian court has sentenced a top female reformist arrested after last year's election dispute to three years in jail for plotting to harm national security, her lawyer has said. Azar Mansouri is a senior lader in the IIPF.(afp.com)AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hard-line government said Monday it has banned Iran’s largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against an opposition movement that has largely been swept…

8 youths die in attack on party in western Mexico (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Mexican Navy Marines escort an injured man after he was detained at a clinic during an operation on the outskirts of the northern city of Monterrey, Mexico, Friday March 12, 2010. According to local media, the Navy detained six men and a woman at the clinic, where they were recovering from wounds allegedly suffered during a gun battle against federal forces at a highway a day earlier.(AP Photo)AP - Gunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday.


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Togo opposition says party ahead in president race (AP)

March 5th, 2010

A Togolese military police officer patrols outside a polling station during presidential voting in Lome, Togo, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Polls were open Thursday in the African nation of Togo, as the son of a long-ruling dictator seeks re-election to the presidency, facing six opposition candidates. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Togo’s opposition leader Friday claimed an early victory in the presidential race based on preliminary results and accused the ruling party of trying to rig the elections, setting…

Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - Early returns in Dutch local elections showed an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of national elections in June.

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