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In an April 20 story about corruption allegations against Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the accusations...
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Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved a law that gives control over the budget of an opposition-run city to an official appointed by President Hugo Chavez.
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Members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party said Tuesday they will wait to see whether laws governing next year’s elections conform...
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AP, Bishkek
Opposition parties on Monday called for protests across Kyrgyzstan this month, amid worsening economic conditions and mounting accusations of government repression.
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AP, Bishkek
Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan charged a prominent opposition leader with murder Wednesday in a case that government critics say is politically motivated.
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AP, Khartoum
Sudan on Monday freed the country’s top opposition leader, who was jailed for nearly seven weeks after calling on President Omar al-Bashir to surrender to face...
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AP, Khartoum
The son of an Islamist opposition leader in Sudan says his father has been released after being held for six weeks in detention without charges.
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Opposition supporters torched cars and stoned buildings Thursday after Pakistan’s Supreme Court barred two of their leaders from elected office, triggering...
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Myanmar’s military government on Friday extended the house arrest of the deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party, despite recent calls from...
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Myanmar’s military government on Friday extended the house arrest of the deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party, despite recent calls from...
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Supporters of Manuel Rosales, Mayor of the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, shout slogans during a vigil in favor of Rosales in Maracaibo, western Venezuela, Thursday, March 19, 2009. A Venezuelan prosecutor on Thursday called for the arrest of Rosales, a...
