Castro resigns as Prez Revolutionary guerrilla leader Fidel Castro, who defied American power for over five decades, resigned as Cubas President on Tuesday, effectively ending the ailing Communist icons iron-clad rule.
Democratic transition: Bush US President George W Bush said on Tuesday that Fidel Castros decision to step down should begin a democratic transition in Cuba, eventually culminating with free and fair elections.
I have too much power: Evans Australias new immigration minister surprised a senate committee on Tuesday by saying he had too much power and was uncomfortable playing God with peoples lives.
Mush should go after election defeat: Sharif Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister President Musharraf overthrew in 1999, said Pakistans democratic forces should unite to end dictatorship following a parliamentary election which the pro-Musharraf party lost.
A bday gift Mush will never forget With the PML-Q, the party which backed Musharraf, biting the dust, the results of Mondays polls are a major setback for the President.
Abled hands... Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Arts Troupe, leads 20 deaf dancers to perform “Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva” or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess, in Beijing on Tuesday. Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, the troupe of deaf dancers in Beijing takes steps to champion the rights of disabled people across the world. Reuters
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