Botha pleads innocent to contempt charge,
Train bomb kills 18 in Algeria
New Zealand blackout goes on
Mine blast mars Indian polls
Smoke closes Borneo airport
EU upgrades Iran relations
Botha pleads innocent to contempt charge GEORGE, South Africa -- Apartheid-era leader Pieter Botha, charged with contempt for defying subpoenas from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, pleaded innocent Monday and accused the commission of prejudice.Botha's plea extended a showdown between the former president and the commission, which was created with a mandate to bring out the truth about atrocities committed by both sides during South...
Trends reveal heavy losses for Vajpayee's BJP in Indian polls
New Delhi (dpa) - Initial trends indicate heavy losses for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayees Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies as counting continues Thursday in India's parliamentary elections.Trends available for 471 of 539 parliamentary seats reveal the main opposition Congress Party and its allies to be leading in 201 seats, the BJP in 171 seats, the leftist parties in 49 seats and a mix of other regional parties in 50 seats.Counting of votes started at 8...
Pakistan president congratulates Gandhi on Congress victory in Indian polls
Well, viewers, President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Indian Congress [party] leader Sonia Gandhi talked on telephone a short while ago. The president congratulated Sonia Gandhi on Congress's victory in Indian elections and delivered her a message of good will. Both leaders have expressed the hope that process of dialogue between Pakistan and India will continue. ...
Indian polls to be held September-October
New Delhi, 4th May: The election to the lower house of Indian parliament (Lok Sabha) will be held in September-October, Election Commission announced on Tuesday [4th May.After deep deliberations, the Election Commission has come to the unanimous view that in the given circumstances, the best possible time for the elections, considering all factors, is the month of September and first week of October, chief election commissioner (CEC) M. S. Gill told reporters.Gill said the commission...
Indian Polls: Botha urges early voting to avoid boycott bullying,
South Africa
South Africans of all officially classified racial groups white, black, Coloured (mixed-race) and Indian began voting yesterday in nationwide elections for segregated town councils, even though it is two weeks to polling day.New legislation enables those on municipal electoral rolls to cast a ``prior vote" between October 10 and 22, without giving a reason for not being able to vote on election day, October 26.The Government aims to enable black, Coloured and Indian voters...
