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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: While hundreds of riot police stood guard outside the courthouse, Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to restore her to power without an election. The decision closes a two-month struggle that erupted after President Farooq Leghari dismissed Bhutto amid allegations of corruption and economic mismanagement and then jailed her husband, former Investment Minister Asif Ali Zardari, for accepting massive kickbacks and abusing his position in government. Zardari had earned the nickname "Mr. 40 Percent," the sum he reportedly demanded of potential business contacts, after being acquitted of the same charge...
...inaugural session in a town hall ringed by police, who kept opposition deputies outside. After holding their own assembly in front of the building to the cheers of hundreds of supporters, the opposition members began a march through the center of town. They were met with the batons of riot police. "Without any provocation or warning, policemen, mostly local, clubbed demonstrators," local opposition leader Dragoslav Travica told The Associated Press by telephone. Fifteen protesters were injured, including Ljubisa Brkic, an opposition member who had been elected to the town's council November 17. In Belgrade, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic, whose...
BELGRADE: Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic appears to be regaining some of his old recalcitrance. For the fourth straight day, riot police patrolled the streets of Belgrade, quelling demonstrations by some 20,000 protesters still jamming the streets after 10 weeks of marches. The crowds are considerably smaller than a couple of weeks ago, when 200,000 people were streaming into Belgrade every day, blocking traffic and threatening to bring down Milosevic's Socialist government. Despite court rulings confirming opposition wins in the November 14 elections, Milosevic has so far relinquished very little of his power. Although he said he would...
...buying. "It is not even worth consideration at all," said Kwon Young-gil, head of an illegal labor federation spearheading the strikes. The conflict continues to heat up. Twice in the past five days, protesting strikers have clashed with police, hurling chunks of cement and brandishing pipes as riot squads lobbed canisters of tear gas. Prosecutors hinted Wednesday that they would soon order police raids on a cathedral and other sites where union leaders are taking shelter. "If the workers do not stop their illegal strikes immediately, the government will act in a firm and resolute way to protect national...
SEOUL: As riot police fired tear gas canisters, 3,000 protesters in downtown Seoul hurled chunks of concrete ripped from sidewalks and beat police with pipes, shouting "No to the evil law!" Similar clashes involving thousands of marchers occurred in Anyang city, near Seoul, and in Daejon, south of the capital, where seven workers were hospitalized after being clubbed by police, and eight others were detained for questioning. The government is coupling the crackdown on the streets with one in the courts, deciding Thursday to pursue arrest warrants for union leaders. Judge Lee Sang-chul ordered seven leaders...