Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Oct 08, Colombo: Leader of the Opposition, Ranil Wickremasinghe yesterday pointed the finger at government for not providing necessary security for the opening of the office of late Major General Janaka Perera.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
A top opposition leader in Somalia has declared that an expected ceasefire between the Somali interim government and the armed opposition has not gone into effect yet.
asianews (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Eye Doctor Examines Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (file photo) The party of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says an eye doctor examined the pro-democracy figure at her Rangoon home for one hour this week. The National League for Democracy said Friday that Burmese authorities allowed the eye [...]
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
BANGKOK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Thai police have arrested key opposition leader Chamlong Srimuang as part of crackdown against anti-government protesters, local media reported Sunday. The Thai News Agency says Chamlong, a leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, was arrested early Sunday at a polling booth after voting in Bangkok's gubernatorial elections, CNN reported. The People's...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Keo Ramy, vice president of Cambodia's second largest opposition party, here Tuesday defected to major ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). "I decide to join CPP after I have opposed it for over 20 years," said the 45-year-old former leader of the Human Right Party (HRP). "We have opposed CPP for our whole lives, but we will not win CPP." "We can see that through the general election...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Thai police have arrested key opposition leader Chamlong Srimuang as part of crackdown against anti-government protesters, local media reported Sunday. The Thai News Agency says Chamlong, a leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, was arrested early Sunday at a polling booth after voting in Bangkok's gubernatorial elections, CNN reported.The People's Alliance has orchestrated...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Colombo - Sri Lanka's opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Tuesday called for an international investigation into Monday's suicide attack, which killed 28 people in the North Central province. Former prime minister Wickremesinghe told parliament in...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of Japan's main opposition party, Ichiro Ozawa, has been hospitalized with a bad cold, Kyodo News Agency reported on Tuesday, at a time when lawmakers are gearing up for a widely expected snap election.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
The head of Japan's main opposition party, Ichiro Ozawa, has been hospitalized with a bad cold, Kyodo News Agency reported on Tuesday, at a time when lawmakers are gearing up for a widely expected snap election.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg will take his frontbench to Brisbane's western suburbs today, a day after the local Labor MP suddenly defected to the Greens.
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BY KAMBIZ ARMAN Fearing that Russia would grant Tajikistan’s extradition request, Dodojon Atovullo, the exiled editor-in-chief of a Tajik opposition newspaper and the leader of Vatandor movement, has fled to Paris.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg will take his frontbench to Brisbane's western suburbs today, a day after the local Labor MP suddenly defected to the Greens.
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Sri Lanka police say a suicide bomber killed an opposition leader and at least 21 other people Monday in the north-central town of Anuradhapura. Police say the bomber attacked during a ceremony to open the new office of the main opposition United National Party. UNP's leader, former army general Janaka Perera and his wife, were among the dead. Saturday, Sri Lankan military...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A Sri Lankan suicide bomber killed 22 people including a retired army general who was the provincial leader of the main opposition party, the police said on Monday.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura killed 22 people including Janaka Perera, a former army general and leader of the opposition United National Party.
