Putin scores landslide win President Vladimir Putin's party won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, official results showed on Monday, giving him a mandate to shape Russia's political landscape after his second term ends next year.
Chavez loses bid to rule until 2050 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has lost a referendum that would have allowed him to run for re-election indefinitely and enshrined socialism in the country.
British teacher pardoned A British teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammad will be released on Monday after receiving a pardon from Sudans president, a source in a British parliamentary team said.
Setback for Sharif Electoral authorities on Monday rejected former premier Nawaz Sharif's nomination papers for the January 8 election, dealing a major blow to his comeback bid in Pakistan politics and raising doubts about President Pervez Musharraf's pledge to hold free and fair polls.
Iran moots 12-point programme Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday proposed a 12-point cooperation programme with neighbouring states at the 28th annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, the first to invite an Iranian head of state.
Members of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) hold a rally near Red Square in central Moscow on Monday to celebrate the
overwhelming victory by President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in parliamentary elections. About 10,000 demonstrators gathered near the Kremlin, carrying placards that read ‘The Traitors Will Not Seize Power’ and ‘Victory Is Ours’. Putin won 64.1 per cent of the vote but Opposition parties said the polls were marred by violations and announced plans to hold street protests. AFP
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
