Egypt's ruling party set to confirm rise of Mubarak's son
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Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is expected to confirm at its annual convention this week the rise of Gamal Mubarak as the political heir apparent of his father, President Hosni Mubarak.
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Togo's parliament passes measures which would allow the son of the late president to succeed him.
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Benazir Bhuttoâs son, 19, said that his motherâs party, the biggest and most potent in Pakistan, will contest the coming election.
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Pakistanâs largest political party picked Benazir Bhuttoâs 19-year-old son to succeed her as chairman and vowed to forge ahead with elections next week.
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King Sihamoni is due to arrive in Phnom Penh after being named last week as the his father's successor.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected in Egypt to hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak, presidential sources told AFP.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has  been in power since 1981, said he did not mind others seeking  nomination for this year's presidential referendum but that the  top job was tough and offered no private life.
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev's party took an early lead in Parliament elections Sunday, and his daughter's new party was running second, lending credence to suspicions of plans for a family dynasty.
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Posters of the Egyptian president's son, Gamal Mubarak, fuel rumours he is being groomed for succession.
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Jerusalem: The Fatah Party has approved the candidature of reformist leader Mahmoud Abbas for Palestinian presidential elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat amid expectations that jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti may enter the fray as an
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that Mahmoud Abbas would probably win the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections, Egyptian television reported.
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CAIRO -- The son-in-law of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, named by Israeli officials as a source for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, died in London yesterday and the Egyptian state news agency quoted reports he had fallen from the balcony of his home.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Oct. 14, 2004 - Retiring King Norodom Sihanouk&#39;s son, a former ballet dancer and UN cultural ambassador, was officially confirmed Thursday to succeed his father on the throne, assuring the continuation of the ancient monarchy.
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Fatah, the dominant Palestinian political faction, approved the former prime minister Thursday as its candidate to succeed Yasser Arafat in a presidential election set for Jan. 9.
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CAIRO -- Egyptologists think they have identified with certainty the mummy of Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt, found in a humble tomb in the Valley of the Kings, an archeologist said yesterday.
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Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son Bilawal is to take over her party, with his father as co-chairman.
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Prince Norodom Sihamoni, 51, a dancer and choreographer, is to be crowned king this month, carrying out the wishes of his father in the first change in the monarchy most Cambodians have known.