Key players in Iran’s disputed electionKey players in Iran’s disputed presidential election: Iran accuses US of meddling after disputed election; thousands march in Tehran againTEHRAN, Iran — Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of “intolerable” meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter postelection dispute. Opposition supporters marched in huge numbers through Tehran’s streets for a third straight day to protest the outcome of the balloting. Iran will have a nuke bomb by 2014: Israeli intel chiefJERUSALEM - The chief of Israel’s intelligence agency has expressed fear over Iran’s capability to make a nuclear bomb by 2014, which he claims, could have “an existential threat to Israel.” Freedom fighters protest Goan monuments in Portuguese 7 wonders listPANAJI - Freedom fighters in Goa have raised strong objections to the listing of the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa and Fortress of Diu among the seven wonders of Portuguese origin in the world. Record turnout likely in Iran presidential electionTEHRAN - As polling stations opened in Iran for Friday’s presidential election, voters turned out in unprecedentedly high numbers, witnesses said. Efforts to impeach federal judge convicted of lying about sexual assaults move quicklyWASHINGTON — A House panel has voted 10-0 to recommend impeachment of a federal judge from Texas who has been convicted of lying about sexual assaults of two female employees. Iceland’s central bank lowers interest rates by 1 percentage point to 12 percentLONDON — Iceland’s central bank cut official interest rates by 1 percentage point to 12 percent on Thursday as it attempts to bolster the tiny island nation’s recession-struck economy, defying warnings against further trims from the International Monetary Fund. OAS overturns Cold War ouster of Cuba, but Cubans say don’t want to returnSAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The Organization of American States voted by acclamation on Wednesday to revoke the 1962 measure suspending communist Cuba, overturning a landmark of the Cold War in the hemisphere. Quota rule, doping and World Cup on the agenda for FIFA’s annual meetingNASSAU, Bahamas — Hundreds of soccer power brokers descended on the Bahamas a few days ago, some of them billionaires arriving aboard mammoth private yachts, others by charter jet from Dubai and a handful on commercial planes from Miami. Ahead of hemisphere meeting, Hillary Clinton says US committed to new approach to neighborsSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A diplomatic tug-of-war over Cuba’s outcast status in the Organization of American States takes center stage at the group’s meeting this week in Honduras, testing U.S. efforts to engage the communist nation. Former Iraqi minister detained on corruption chargesBAGHDAD - Former Iraqi trade minister Abdel-Falah al-Sudani was detained at Baghdad airport on suspicion of corruption, Al-Jazeera reported Saturday. Obama sure Sotomayor would restate words about Hispanic female judges and white male judgesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying scrutiny for saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a better decision than a white male judge. “I’m sure she would have restated it,” Obama flatly told NBC News, without indicating how he knew that. Ahmadinejad defends Holocaust remark, stance on WestTEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday vowed not to make any compromise with the West and defended his remarks against Israel and on the Holocaust. US Senate blocks funding to close Guantanamo prisonWASHINGTON - The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block President Barack Obama’s funding request to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and prohibited the transfer of any detainees to American soil. $150,000 Sarah Palin shopping spree pronounced legalWASHINGTON - The purchase of 150,000 dollars worth of clothes for former Republican Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family has been cleared by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Arrangements for vote countNEW DELHI - All eyes are on Saturday’s vote count. A glance at the arrangements the Election Commission has made for the mammoth exercise across the country: Despite calls for conservative purity, GOP looks to the middle in recruiting for 2010 racesWASHINGTON — Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh contend the Republican Party needs less moderation and more conservative backbone to win back voters who have been abandoning it in droves. 68 percent voting in Tamil Nadu amid violence, 79 in PuducherryCHENNAI/PUDUCHERRY - Around 68 percent voters exercised their franchise in 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu Wednesday amid sporadic violence in which one person was killed, while in neighbouring union territory of Puducherry the turnout was 79 percent. Dwight Howard picked for NBA’s All-Defensive Team along with Kobe and LeBronNEW YORK — Orlando center Dwight Howard once again swatted away his competition. ‘The 7 Wonders of India’: A pioneering campaign by NDTV to salute the beauty of IndiaIndians vote the top seven natural and man-made wonders on March 30, 2009
New Delhi, March 27, 2009: Taking its initiative forward, NDTV, in association with the Ministry of Tourism’s Incredible India campaign, will announce the final seven wonders of India on 30th March, 2009 at New Delhi. A first-of-its-kind initiative that commenced in September 2008, the campaign celebrates India’s incredibly rich heritage by acknowledging the natural and man-made marvels of the country. The campaign has received valuable support from India’s two leading corporates, State Bank of India and Tata Indicom. Fear of rigging casts shadow over key Asian football electionKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — More than half of Asia’s 46 national soccer associations fear a key administrative election may be manipulated, and have urged FIFA to monitor the vote, the challenger said Sunday. Senate defeats bid to let homeowners seek foreclosure relief in bankruptcy courtWASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday defeated a plan to spare hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure through bankruptcy, a bill President Barack Obama embraced but did little to see it through. Delhi schools fee hike, an election issueNEW DELHI - Demanding subsidy in school fees, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest here against fee hike by private schools. Republicans warn of unchecked power by Democrats after Specter leaves the GOPWASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter is a Democrat again following a decades-long turn among Republicans, a defection that has the GOP warning about the perils of unchecked power only a few years after it controlled both the White House and Congress. Bangalore voters’ apathy puzzles candidates, analystsBANGALORE - Candidates and political analysts in Bangalore are struggling to find a convincing answer to the apathy of voters in India’s tech hub, where only a little over 45 percent of the six million electorate in three Lok Sabha constituencies cast their ballot April 23. Election official: Partial results give Putin’s party candidate big lead in Sochi mayor voteSOCHI, Russia — An election official says the candidate from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s party has won Sunday’s mayoral vote in 2014 Olympic host city Sochi. Crisis-hit Icelanders expected to turn to left-wing parties in weekend electionREYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelanders vote in an early parliamentary election Saturday and are expected to turn their backs on the lawmakers who were in charge when the tiny Nordic nation’s financial system collapsed last year. Some militants boycott, families of others vote in AssamGUWAHATI - Leaders and cadres of the pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) boycotted Thursday’s parliamentary elections in sharp contrast to some of the family members of the top rebel leadership casting their ballot. Candidates’ wives shed political apathy to hit campaign trailNEW DELHI - They are apolitical and have been pursuing their independent careers, but the general elections have brought them out on the campaign trail. Wives of several Lok Sabha candidates in the capital are busy for over 20 hours a day, wooing voters on behalf of their husbands. Disarray in South Africa polls, extra ballots printedJOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said Wednesday evening that an extra one million ballot papers were being printed after they ran out in some places, spawning long delays, during the country’s fourth democratic national and provincial elections. |
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