South Africa’s elections: Quotes from votersJOHANNESBURG — Quotes from voters Wednesday as South Africans hold parliamentary elections, the fourth multiracial vote since apartheid ended in 1994. South Africa holds elections, Jacob Zuma and ruling African National Congress expect huge winJOHANNESBURG — Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighborhoods Wednesday, all for an election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to power despite sex and corruption scandals that would have buried a less wily populist. South Africa holds elections, Jacob Zuma and ruling African National Congress expect huge winJOHANNESBURG — Voters lined up before sunrise Wednesday in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa’s first multiracial vote in 1994, and that was expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency after he survived corruption and sex scandals. Zuma looks ahead as his party expects overwhelming victory in South Africa electionJOHANNESBURG — The man widely expected to be South Africa’s next president is looking beyond Wednesday’s parliamentary elections, eager to set up a new government that he says will be responsive to the black majority’s hopes for better lives. Suspected rebels free train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Suspected communist rebels freed nearly 300 train passengers unharmed after keeping them hostage for almost five hours at a railway station in eastern India on Wednesday, a day before the second phase of national elections that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt. Police say suspected communist rebels free train passengers in India, ahead of crucial pollsPATNA, India — Police say suspected communist rebels have freed more than 250 train passengers after keeping them hostage for nearly five hours at a rail station in eastern India. Suspected rebels hijack train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Communist rebels hijacked a train and briefly held 300 passengers before melting away into surrounding forests in one of a series of attacks in India that threatened to mar elections Thursday in the world’s largest democracy. Suspected rebels stop train with hundreds of passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Police say nearly 250 suspected Maoist rebels have stopped a train with hundreds of passengers aboard in eastern India, a day ahead of parliamentary polling that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt. Iran sends mixed signals to US: jailing American reporter and saying it wants warmer tiesTEHRAN, Iran — The Obama administration is reaching out to Iran. In return, Iran is — well, it’s complicated. The Islamic republic sentenced an American journalist to eight years in prison and launched a fervent new campaign to brand U.S. ally Israel as racist. And in the middle of all that, it said it was ready for a new beginning in relations with the U.S. after three decades of diplomatic stalemate. |
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