Gillani elected Pak PM Yousuf Raza Gillani was on Monday expectedly elected the new Prime Minister of Pakistan by Parliament, amid a looming showdown with President Pervez Musharraf who will swear in the Bhutto loyalist on Tuesday.
300 Tibetans held in Nepal At least 300 Tibetans were rounded up on Monday as hundreds of Tibetan refugees staged demonstrations against China in the Nepalese capital at two different places...
Bhutan sheds monarchy, chooses former premier The Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT), led by former premier Jigmi Thinley, said to be popular among the elite and well educated, on Monday scored a landslide victory in the first elections in Bhutan that marks the end of absolute monarchy in this Himalayan Kingdom.
Now, Sarkozys ex ties the knot The ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has married a public relations executive in a chic ceremony that the French media poked fun at on Monday.
Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani addresses the Parliament on Monday. The longtime loyalist of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was elected Pakistan's new prime minister Monday and he immediately freed judges detained by President Pervez Musharraf. AP
Does Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s decision to leave India indicate a setback to the country’s liberal image? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to opine on the issue. Many of our readers said India’s liberal image will not be tarnished by Taslima’s decision to leave and even termed her comments as ungrateful. Some others opined that the country has lost its credibility as a democracy because it bowed down to fundamentalists and Leftists of West Bengal.
