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...state that is almost synonymous in India with misery and corruption, has come under fierce criticism for mismanagement in the last days in New Delhi. "It is a complete failure of the state government," said Ram Vilas Paswan, a minister in the central government and member of Parliament from Bihar. Mishra says that Kumar should have called in Navy days ago, as soon as it became clear that aid would not be able to reach the flooded district via road or rail...
Fears judges could revive corruption charges against him; party holds most seats in Parliament...
...ruins, millions of its people living as refugees abroad, and its security forces torturing and killing dissenters against President Robert Mugabe's regime, the country's opposition understandably has a few things to get off its chest. On Aug. 26, it had a rare chance. As Mugabe, 84, entered parliament to open the new legislative session, opposition members - who now form a majority and reject Mugabe's authority to call them together - broke out in whistles, shouts and song. MPs refused to stand, and a chorus of "ZANU yaora," or "ZANU is rotten," rang out around the chamber. (ZANU...
Oppostion leader Anwar Ibrahim won a seat in Parliament on Aug. 26 by a landslide, cementing his political comeback after spending six years in jail on a sodomy conviction that was later overturned. The former Deputy Prime Minister aims to form a new ruling coalition but must face trial on further sodomy charges, which he says were concocted by the government...
President Robert Mugabe reopened Zimbabwe's Parliament on Aug. 26 to the jeers and chants of opposition members reveling in the election of their candidate, Lovemore Moyo, to the key post of Parliament speaker and their first (razor-thin) plurality since Mugabe took power in 1980. In an attempt to reassert control over the poverty-stricken nation, Mugabe announced he would form a new government without the opposition party led by Morgan Tsvangirai, who bested the despot in March elections but sat out a June runoff vote, citing violent intimidation of his supporters. Power-sharing talks between the two parties...