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Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader of the NLD (National League for Democracy), points during a press conference at her residential compound in Rangoon on Saturday, August 31, 1996. Suu Kyi informed journalists of the stiff sentencing and continued harassment toward NLD members by the Burmese government.
Democracy   Elections   Law   Myanmar   Photos  
Law Bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi From Election
New Election Law Bars Myanmar Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi From Election | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barr... (photo: AP / Richard Vogel) CBS News
Communist Party of India leader Brinda Karat, center, and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj, right, celebrate outside the Indian Parliament after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Government   India   Photos   Politics   Women  
India takes a giant leap for womankind
| K.V. Prasad | Rajya Sabha votes 191-1 to reserve one-third of seats in Parliament and State Assemblies for women | A dream come true: (From left): The former Rajya Sabha Chairman, Najma Heptulla, Le... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) The Hindu
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing the India Telecom Summit, in New Delhi on December 04, 2009. Historic step for women in India as parliament gives them third of seats
| Indian politicians took an important step on the path to making history when they overwhelmingly voted to reserve a third of all legislative seats across the country for women. | In what Prime Minis... (photo: PIB of India) The Independent
India   Parliament   Photos   Politics   Women  
Six of the seven Indian lawmakers suspended because of their behavior in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament Monday, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Power equations set to change in Delhi
NEW DELHI: The government's decision to press ahead with the women's quota bill in the teeth of opposition from RJD and SP and the murmurs of protest from Muslim leaders has hastened a realignment of ... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) The Times Of India
Delhi   Photos   Politics   Society   Women  
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The message 'CUT Co2' lights up on the face of the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi, calling for urgent action to fight climate change, at New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 19, 2007. Greenpeace is demanding that India implement energy efficiency measures as the first and most cost effective way to reduce Carbon Dioxide (Co2) emission China and India endorse Copenhagen climate deal
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boostin... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) The Star
China   Climate Change   India   Photos   UN  
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. China and India Join Climate Accord
| WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies ... (photo: AP / Heribert Proepper) The New York Times
China   Climate Change   India   Photos   UN  
An evacuated Parliament House complex is seen in New Delhi, India, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. Gunfire and explosions erupted at Indias Parliament House as half a dozen armed men stormed the complex Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
| NEW DELHI — The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s... (photo: AP / Ajit Kumar) The New York Times
India   Law   Photos   Politics   Woman  
Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009. 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss t... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Asia Times
China   Foreign Policy   Myanmar   Photos   US  
File:Erdogan usak56.jpg Turkey's Ambassador Not Returning to US Yet
| Turkey says its U.S. ambassador will not return to Washington until Congress clarifies its stand on a "genocide" resolution discussing mass killings of Armenians by Ott... (photo: Public Domain / Nilgun Gulcan) Voa News
Erdogan   Photos   Politics   Turkey   World  
Sugar - Commodity Sugar retail prices come down
NEW DELHI: Improved supply and higher output figures for 2010-11 pressured down sugar retail prices countrywide over the last month to the Rs 37-39/kg range, down noticea... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Times Of India
Delhi   Photos   Prices   Retail   Sugar  
India Bangladesh
John Thorbjarnarson, a Crocodile and Alligator Expert, Is De
Sensex rises 44 points in opening trade on firm Asian market
Trouble for Posco: Church joins villagers in opposing Rs 50,
IIM-C graduate bags Rs 1.6 crore offer
Bombay Stock Exchange - BSE - India - Business
Sensex rises 44 points in opening trade on firm Asian markets
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Historic step for women as parliament gives them third of se
Broadband in every Indian village soon
Bangladeshi prisoners observed fast for their release: Sharm
BSF acquires advanced thermal detectors
The Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology, Shri Sachin Pilot addressing a press conference, at Itanagar on February 03, 2010.
Broadband in every Indian village soon
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Nepal Pakistan
Nepal Constitution timetable amended
Lumley named in row over Gurkha charity
Sky marshals demand star treatment, threaten to quit
China cuts Tibet, Nepal link
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, leader of Tibet and Tibetan people address about Tibet China talks
Democracy is sublime: Freedom is greater than bread
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Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan; 3 dead
Adam Gadahn's arrest in Pak not confirmed: White House
Pakistan parliament to question hockey bosses, players
Import of Pakistani rice to quadruple this year
Indian tourists  buying warm clothes at a road side stall in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar 03 Janurary 2010. Temperatures have dipped sharply in Srinagar and its surroundings after the capital experienced the first snowfall of the season overnight.
Govt ready to revisit new tourist, conference visa guidelines
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Sri Lanka Myammar
Fonseka ends fast after allowed to talk with his family
Sri Lankan Parliament reconvenes to extend emergency
Sri Lanka approves pre-poll emergency
Indictment Unsealed Charging Colombo Family Administration M
Former Sri Lankan army commander General Sarath Fonseka gestures as he addresses a press conference after taking over as the chief of defense staff in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 15, 2009.
Sri Lanka's opposition leader ends hunger strike
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Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from polls
Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from polls (Round
Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from contesting p
New law bars Suu Kyi from Myanmar election
Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader of the NLD (National League for Democracy), points during a press conference at her residential compound in Rangoon on Saturday, August 31, 1996. Suu Kyi informed journalists of the stiff sentencing and continued harassment toward NLD members by the Burmese government.
Law Bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi From Election
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