 | President meets Opposition Leader Feb 27, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party yesterday expressed its fullest support for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, at the conclusion of a crucial meeting between President Mahinda Rajapaksa and opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, a government report said. Reporting the positive outcome of the meeting, Sri Lankan media reported that the opposition leader had said that since the interim proposals presented by the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) had included the implementation of the 13th Amendment, and since it was the law of the land, his party would not oppose as it has no objection to the implementation of existing laws. A media release issued yesterday by the President's Media Unit said the two leaders also discussed the 17th Amendment. One daily stated that "the opposition leader also called on the government to appoint the Constitutional Council immediately, and to activate the 17th Amendment to the Constitution to ensure good governance in the country. He also requested the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) to submit a further report on the progress of its deliberations to date." |
 | Maoists to remain in opposition if Singh is defeated Senior CPN (Maoist) leader Mohan Vaidya Kiran has said that his party would remain in opposition if their candidate for president Ram Raja Prasad Singh is defeated. Meanwhile small leftist parties have announced to cast vote in favour of Singh's competitor Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. NC leader Arjun Nar Singh KC, CPN (UML) leader Bhim Rawal, CPN (ML) president CP Mainali, CPN (United) leader Ganesh Shah and and Rastriya Jana Morcha leader Chitra Bahadur K.C speak on the issue. Nepalnews.com, (www.nepalnews.com) is a leading Internet destination dedicated to bring you news, events, polls, discussions, forums about and from Nepal. Our primary objective is to bring "news as it happens"; quality news which is impartial, timely and independent. Our equally important other objective is to make this a web community for all people around the globe who have any interest, or need any information about Nepal. |
 | Citizentube Interview: David Cameron Citizentube interviews David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom. A Conservative, Mr. Cameron is the MP for Witney. To see Mr. Cameron's YouTube channel, go to http://youtube.com/webcameronuk |
 | Malaysian Opposition Leader Bailed ANCHOR: Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was bailed on sodomy charges today. This allows him to push ahead with his bid for power. STORY: This is the second time Anwar has faced what he calls politically motivated sodomy charges. He was jailed and barred from office for corruption and sodomy in the late 1980s. He says the new charges were designed to discredit him as he seeks to entice 30 government legislators to join his opposition alliance by September 16 . They plan to take power from the coalition that has ruled Malaysia for over 50 years. [Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Opposition Leader]: "All these - (are) trumped up charges so we will follow what will happen next." Anwar says the prosecution's request to transfer his case to a Kuala Lumpur high court is "trial by ambush." Anwar is allowed bail until September 24, when the judge will decide on the court transfer request. His bid for power comes after Malaysia's Barisan Nasional coalition lost its two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time. Recently, the government faced a row over bitter racial comments from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the main party, calling the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia "immigrants". The comments provoked a sharp backlash from Chinese parties in the ruling coalition. [Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian Opposition Leader]: "The Government should act swiftly against all these perpetrators of racial hatred but I must caution that this issue is an incitement by UMNO leaders to deflect attention from corruption, abuse of power, mismanagement of the economy and the impending imminent changes happening in this country." Anwar insists that he is on track to be in power by September 16 and that he will win over the 30 government legislators he needed to do so. |
 | Benazir Bhutto Killed - Newsflash Footage from all major news channels as they break the tragic news that Pakistan's first female Prime Minister has been assassinated. Including ITV newsflash then reaction from President's George Bush (USA), Nicolas Sarkozy (France), Romano Prodi (Italy), Mary McAleese (Ireland) and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). It also features commentary from His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Canada Australia, New Zealand and the Commonwealth. Pope Benedict XVI on Friday condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as a "brutal terrorist attack" The video also shows footage of EX PM Bhutto talking about her return to Pakistan and footage of the return and attack upon her. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - R.I.P |
 | Zimbabwean opposition leader withdraws Zimbabwean opposition leader withdraws from presidential run-off WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 06-23-2008 09:37 Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the country's presidential run-off, scheduled for Friday. Tsvangirai said casting a vote for him could cost voters their lives MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he is pulling out of Friday's presidential runoff election against President Robert Mugabe due to mounting violence and intimidation against his party. The announcement came after the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was forced to abandon a rally in Harare on Sunday for the presidential runoff on security grounds. Tsvangirai also called on the United Nations, the African Union and the southern African Development Community to intervene and make sure the people of Zimbabwe are protected from ongoing violence in the country. Tsvangirai said, "We in the MDC have resolved that we will no longer participate in this violent illegitimate sham of an election process. The conditions prevailing as of today do not permit holding of a credible poll." The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission set June the 27th as the date for the presidential run-off in which Tsvangirai had been expected to challenge Mugabe. In the March election, Tsvangirai won 47 percent of the vote to Mugabe's 43 percent. But Tsvangirai was short of the 51 percent needed to win outright. The Zimbabwean government has repeatedly denied directing violence and intimidation against the opposition. And government officials say it will proceed with the presidential run-off unless Tsvangirai formally withdraws from the poll in writing. Earlier on, thousands of youth militia loyal to Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, armed with iron bars and other weapons, attacked journalists and forced election observer teams to flee the scheduled venue of the MDC rally. Editor:Zhang Ning |
 | Brown vs. Cameron during Queen's Speech debate State Opening of Parliament. Closing remarks of Prime Minister Gordon Brown during the 2007 Queen's Speech debate with Leader of the Opposition David Cameron in a sceptical similar to PMQs (Prime Minister's Questions). During the discussion, David Cameron refers to Brown in the first person, which is technically out-of-order in the House of Commons, but the Speaker doesn't do anything about it. When asked by Cameron about inheritance tax Brown gives an immediate and direct answer, however he then evades the question about the election that never was. I wonder why? |
 | Johnny Munkhammar on Welfare vs FreeMarkets POLICY FORUM Monday, April 16, 2007 Johnny Munkhammar (Program Director, Timbro, Sweden) Most of Western Europe suffers from high taxes, high unemployment, and low growth rates, but some observers see Scandinavia as an exception that has managed to combine an extensive welfare state with robust economic growth. New Republic recently lauded Denmark as an example for the United States to follow. Should the United States adopt the Scandinavian model? What are the real lessons from Denmark, Norway and Sweden? http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3688 The video concludes with Tony Leon (MP Leader, Democratic Alliance) who draws the connection between Capitalism and the end of apartheid April 27, 2007, will mark 13 years since the African National Congress came to power in South Africa. During that time, the ruling party's share of the vote has increased from 62 percent to 70 percent. Tony Leon, the outgoing head of the Democratic Alliance and leader of the opposition in Parliament, has fought to legitimize the role of the opposition in the political system dominated by the ANC. He has also criticized the ANC for its failure to tackle crime, poverty, unemployment, and the AIDS epidemic. Please join us to hear him reflect on his years in Parliament and on the state of democracy in South Africa. http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=3621 |
 | A rare scene: Lord Chancellor is given ASBO House of Commons debates Wednesday, 23 April 2008 Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister David Cameron: The truth is that under this Government, yes, I'll tell you what is more: under this Government, there are 600,000 more people are in extreme poverty than when the Government came to power. The Prime Minister talks about the central issue. The central issue here is his massive loss of authority. Was there ever anything more humiliating than a Prime Minister breaking off his talks with the President, asking for an outside line in the White House to beg one of his PPS not to resign? This is what Labour MPs—[Interruption.] They should be quiet and listen. This is what Labour MPs are saying—[Interruption.] Speaker: Order. Let the Leader of the Opposition speak—[Interruption.] The honourable lady is too noisy. So is the Lord High Chancellor—that is his title now. He is too noisy as well. David Cameron: It is not often that you have to give the Lord Chancellor an ASBO. This is what Labour MPs are saying about their Prime Minister... |
 | Tsvangirai in Presidential Runoff Against Mugabe The Election Commission announced Friday, May 2nd that the leader of the opposition party beat the incumbent in the March presidential election, but not by enough to avoid a runoff. President Robert Mugabe has accepted the results and pledged to compete in a runoff. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said he would not run. The United States and Britain say the results lack credibility after the government delayed releasing the count by more than a month. VOA's Chris Simkins reports |
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