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FACTBOX-Policies of main contenders in Serbia election

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:05:13 +0000

Source: Reuters May 11 (Reuters) - Here is a brief overview of the policy pledges of Serbia's two main parties, the nationalist Radicals and the pro-Western Democrats, and of the kingmaker Democratic Party of Serbia ...

Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:05:11 +0000

Source: Reuters * Military holds election to approve new constitution * U.N. appeals for $187 million in aid * U.N. food agency resumes relief flights (Adds Bush administration comments, paragraphs 11-13) By ...

PENPIX-Main figures in Serbia general election

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:05:03 +0000

Source: Reuters May 11 (Reuters) - Here are brief portraits of the main figures in the campaign for Serbia's election on Sunday: TOMISLAV NIKOLIC, 56, Radical Party ...

Serbs weigh pride against prosperity in election

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:04:53 +0000

Source: Reuters By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE, May 11 (Reuters) - Serbs will decide whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo when they vote in a ...

Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:44:44 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds U.S. call for monitors) By Phumza Macanda PRETORIA, May 10 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday he would return home within two days to contest a run-off election ...

U.S. sidesteps direct criticism of Myanmar vote

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:31:45 +0000

Source: Reuters CRAWFORD, Texas, May 10 (Reuters) - The Bush administration sidestepped directly criticizing the Myanmar government's constitutional vote on Saturday and instead argued that the focus of the junta ...

Sudan says rebel attack on Khartoum defeated

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:27:53 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds analyst paragraphs 12-13) By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, May 10 (Reuters) - Darfur rebels fought Sudanese troops in a suburb of Khartoum on Saturday in a bid to seize power, but the government ...

Embattled Olmert vows to lead peace drive

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:50 +0000

Source: Reuters By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM, May 10 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday vowed to stay in office and lead peacemaking efforts with Israel's "enemies and adversaries" despite ...

U.S. urges monitors to watch runoff in Zimbabwe

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:58:35 +0000

Source: Reuters CRAWFORD, Texas, May 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Saturday urged the presence of election and human rights monitors at a runoff vote in Zimbabwe between President Robert Mugabe and opposition ...

Tests show no disease outbreak on Canadian train

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:50:51 +0000

Source: Reuters TORONTO, May 10 (Reuters) - Lab exams confirmed on Saturday that there was no infectious disease outbreak on a cross-Canada train that was held in quarantine on Friday in northern Ontario after a ...