The assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was a shock, coming as it did in the middle of a political crisis for the government. Analysts believe it will have no direct major effect on the central government's precarious stabilit...
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: more political terms. RS: New York Times language columnist William Safire is the editor of the newly updated Safire's Political Dictionary, and a former White House speechwriter....
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Political crisis in Pakistan was averted on Friday as the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani succeeded in persuading a key political group to withdraw（撤回） its decision of joining the opposition. The Muttahida Qaumi...
ABIDJAN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens with the appointment of two prime ministers by the two presidential candidates declared the winner of the Nov. 28 run-off respectively by the electoral commission and the Constituti...
For years, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has described his program of boosting state control over the economy as 21st Century Socialism. The president does not spell out how this version of socialism differs from 20th century socialist experiments...
New questions are being raised about U.S. domestic support for the war in Afghanistan in the wake of leaked secret documents about the war and a recent congressional vote on funding for the conflict. Jim Malone 30 July 2010 President Barack Obama (fi...
Thailand's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, 21 May 2010 Thailand could hold elections this year, Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij has told foreign correspondents in Tokyo. The minister is in Japan...
A new report from a human-rights watchdog says officials in Bahrain have been using torture since 2007 when interrogating security suspects. Human Rights Watch says their report is based on interviews with detainees and medical records, but officials...
Guinea's injured military leader is calling on his supporters to back plans for a transitional government. In his first public comments since being shot in the head six weeks ago, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara called for calm and national unity in the...
In Nepal, Maoists have intensified protests as a 6-month long standoff with the government shows no signs of ending. The political impasse threatens a historic peace pact which ended a violent Maoist-led insurgency, and brought them into the politica...
