Bangladesh delays vote after protests
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Bangladesh's elections next month will be postponed for two days because of protests by a major political alliance, an official said Thursday.
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Counting of votes from Afghanistan's election is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, announcing the 11th delay to a vote first due to have been held more than three months ago.
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Afghan officials have delayed counting ballots in a historic presidential election to deal with complaints of fraud, but several of the candidates appear to be pulling
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Bangladesh's main opposition said an indefinite transport blockade due to begin Sunday would go ahead after talks with the president failed to resolve the party's demands for electoral reform.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Opposition leaders on Tuesday debated whether to call mass street protests in response to a government decision to delay parliamentary elections that had been due next week, but now will be put off until after Feb. 8.
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Elections in emergency-rule Bangladesh have been put on hold indefinitely until reforms to strengthen democracy are carried out, the interim government chief said.
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Pakistani electoral officials have decided "in principle" to delay a January 8 poll after Benazir Bhutto's killing last week sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but put off a final decision until Wednesday.
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Bangladesh&#39;s emergency government said Sunday that national polls cancelled at the start of the year will be held by December 2008, when expected reforms to the country&#39;s voting system will be complete.
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Bangladesh's main opposition suspended its transport blockade saying it wanted to give the interim government time to deliver on its promises, amid fatal violence between opposition supporters.
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Hopes for an end to pre-election turmoil in Bangladesh dimmed on Wednesday as rival political groups again took to the streets and the country's legal system was virtually paralyzed by feuding lawyers.
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Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed a presidential election until December 22, the ninth such delay, because rival factions are still arguing over how to share power after the army commander becomes head of state.
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Elections will be delayed by one month following the turmoil sparked by Benazir Bhutto's assassination, despite opposition threats of street protests unless the crucial vote is held Jan. 8 as originally planned, a top official said Tuesday.
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Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until February 18 because of unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The elections were originally set for January 8. Both opposition parties wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to capitalize on the sympathy following Bhutto's killing.
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Election of successor to Emile Lahoud is postponed after parliamentary boycott by political wing.
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Bangladesh's election commission announced a date for parliamentary elections -- against the wishes of the opposition's political alliance, which accuses the panel of being biased.
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Bangladesh's government says troops will be deployed across the country ahead of January's elections.