Full Coverage: Politics

30.01.2006 In his address of the press after the meeting and talks with his counterpart from Sanski Most, Marko Pavic, the Mayor of Prijedor said that these two cities can approach the development funds in B&H and the EU easier if the two municipalities cooperate better.

30.01.2006 The largest party in Kosovo, LDK, has decided that Fatmir Sejdiu who is the current General Secretary of the part and the head of its parliamentary caucus, will replace Ibrahim Rugova as the President of Kosovo. Kosovo news agency QIK, who was close to the late president, reports that there was a complete consensus in the meeting held today by the LDK.

27.01.2006 Hundreds of thousands Kosovo Albanians and a great number of international representatives have flown Kosovo’s capitol, Prishtina to bid farewell to President, Ibrahim Rugova, who has died at age of 61 on Saturday, January 21 this year after a prolonged lung cancer.

27.01.2006 Interpol has issued international notices, at Pakistan’s request, seeking the arrest of former PM Benazir Bhutto and her husband on corruption charges, officials said Thursday.

26.01.2006 Hamas politicians--who appear to have won a surprising victory in Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections--say they are inspired by, but not in lock step with the group's militant core. Though considered a terrorist group by the U.S. and Israel, Hamas is also known at home for providing social services.

25.01.2006 The president of Oxfam America offers four key suggestions for the U.S. State Department and Agency for International Development to keep in mind during their momentous restructuring, which could pave the way for improving the effectiveness of U.S. foreign aid.

24.01.2006 The resounding victory of Michelle Bachelet as Chile’s first woman president represents an important social advance in a country where women are often treated as second class citizens. But few observers see the Chilean elections as reflective of the leftward trend taking place in much of Latin America.

24.01.2006 The Iraqi body politic is shattered, with little hope now of avoiding an all-out civil war. That, says Robert Dreyfuss, is the only conclusion that can be reached by looking at the results of the Iraq election, the official returns of which were announced on Friday.

21.01.2006 Kosovo leader Ibrahim Rugova has died after losing a battle with lung cancer. Mr Rugova, 61, died on Saturday in his residence in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, his spokesman announced.

20.01.2006 Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa has bowed to pressure and agreed that a constituent assembly would adopt the new constitution, as demanded by civil society and the opposition.

19.01.2006 New Jersey's Acting Governor Richard Codey will appoint a commission to conduct a review of how the death penalty is imposed and what factors--including race and poverty--affect who is sentenced to death.

18.01.2006 Self-declared "patriots" took to the streets in Abidjan to protest the decision by international mediators to disband Cote d'Ivoire's National Assembly. The ruling party disagreed, saying parliament should remain in office and international monitors cannot interfere in state affairs.

18.01.2006 While Vietnam has some of the strongest labor laws on paper, the recent influx of private companies has seen policy enforcement slide. But 40,000 striking workers can remind the government really quickly whom it's beholden to.

17.01.2006 She took the oath of office and then addressed a jubilant Liberia. She told government and corporate officials that she will publicly declare her assets, and they will too. She comforted the country's women, whom she said "bore the brunt of inhumanity and terror." And she spoke to its children: "I love you very, very much. I shall work to give you hope and to give you a better future."

17.01.2006 It's official--physician and former political prisoner Michelle Bachelet has handily won Sunday's run-off election and will become Chile's first female president.

17.01.2006 While HIV/AIDS and malaria get the most attention, Sub-Saharan Africans are suffering the devastating affects of five so-called "diseases of poverty," even though affordable means of prevention are available. In fact, a collaborative study has designed an integrated program that could treat all five diseases at once for $0.92 per person.

17.01.2006 From the federal role in education to school choice and "No Child Left Behind," Connect for Kids takes a look at what progress President Bush has made in fulfilling his second term education goals.

13.01.2006 A Campanha "As Mulheres dizem NÃO à guerra" é uma oportunidade para unir-se com mulheres de todo o mundo e contribuir para a finalização da guerra ilegal no Iraque. Pedimos adesões à proclamação, abaixo, que também pode ser consultada e divulgada a partir do site: http://www.womensaynotowar.org

13.01.2006 London-based development worker Chukwu Emeka-Chikezie explains how the northern-dominated aid industry and the Make Poverty History campaign have turned Africans into invisible objects and ignored the important role remittances play in tackling poverty. To really fight poverty, he says, increase migration from the developing world!

13.01.2006 Since the U.S. agency tasked with protecting the environment announced a proposal to increase the amount of toxic waste companies may release, some 50,000 comments have poured in from the public. Investment firms, cancer researchers, and members of Congress have all expressed concern over the environmental and health impact of the proposal.