Kyrgyzstan Votes Amid Tensions In Parliamentary Election
Kyrgyzstan held a Sunday parliamentary vote with 75 seats in Jogorku Kenesh, amid disqualification of opposition figures including Roza Otunbayeva. turnout neared 50 percent as observers from OSCE monitored the process. critics say pre election steps favored pro government candidates.
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Central Asia
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Jogorku Kenesh
Coalition For Democracy and Civil Society
Organization For Security and Cooperation In Europe
Roza Otunbayeva
United States
Georgia
Otunbayeva
U S presses for limits on abortion right at UN review
At the UN review of the Beijing Platform, the United States urged that a draft declaration reaffirming gender equality clarify that abortion rights are not an international human right. The meeting gathers over 100 nations and 6,000 advocates to assess progress since 1995.
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U.N
United States
Beijing
U.N. Commission On the Status of Women
Associated Press
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Indonesia May Rejoin U S Military Training Program
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Indonesia may resume participation in a U.S. military training program after a decade, tied to cooperation in FBI investigations into the killings of U S citizens in August 2002 and the murder of teachers Rick Spier and Ted Burgon near the Timika mine in Papua. Anthonius Wamang has been indicted in the case.
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Anthonius Wamang
Tajikistan Election Seen Marred by Opposition Claims
In Dushanbe voters chose a new parliament amid opposition allegations of widespread irregularities favoring President Emomali Rahmon's ruling party. Rahmon warned against forced democracy as observers reported violations and barred polling station access by rival parties.
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Tajikistan
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Emomali Rakhmonov
Rakhmonov
Rahmatulla Zoirov
Socialist Democratic Party
Islamic Renaissance Party
Muhiddin Kabiri
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