Uzbek Leader Scorns 'Revolutions' as Nation Votes
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan  - Uzbekistan voted Sunday in  a election that featured only parties loyal to autocratic  President Islam Karimov, who said he would not tolerate  "revolutions" such as those which shook Ukraine and Georgia.
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People in Uzbekistan vote in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Islam Karimov.
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Uzbekistan&#39;s parliamentary elections have fallen significantly short of international standards, according to Europe&#39;s main human rights body.
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Uzbeks voted in a parliamentary election Sunday in which opposition groups were barred from running, sparking criticism from Europe&#39;s top election watchdog and a fierce defence from the country&#39;s authoritarian president, who
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President Islam A. Karimov won 88.1 percent of votes in an election that drew criticism from observers.
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An international group of intellectuals urged the president of Uzbekistan on Thursday to release three women jailed for their human rights advocacy amid a sweeping crackdown on government critics.
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Uzbekistan's president threatened on Friday to crack down on Western aid groups whom he accuses of engaging in opposition-oriented political activities in the tightly controlled ex-Soviet country.
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Uzbekistan on Monday blocked a U.N. resolution backed by the United States and Western nations criticizing its human rights violations, including the harassment, beatings and arrests of journalists and civil activists.
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As people in this Central Asian oil-producing nation voted in critical parliamentary elections Sunday, both the government and opposition were trying to play the oil card to their own advantage.
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Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili was heading for a landslide presidential election victory, early results showed on Sunday, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and vowed street protests.
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The opposition says the country is ripe for a Ukraine-style revolution, but its leader warns of possible dangers.
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Uzbekistan's president wins 88% of the vote in Sunday's election, which monitors have dismissed as a sham.
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26 December 2004 -- Uzbek President Islam Karimov has lashed out at Europe&#39;s top election watchdog for criticizing today&#39;s parliamentary vote.
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The leader of Nepal's former Maoist rebels says  there are forces trying to disrupt forthcoming elections.
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If there is one common concern that people in Uzbekistan share it is their president's silence.
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Belarus' authoritarian president accused opposition leaders Friday of trying to foster chaos by using terror, as demonstrators protested for a fifth straight night in the capital against the referendum extending his term in office.
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Hamid Karzai announced a boycott, saying a system to prevent illegal multiple voting had failed. The JEMB said on Monday it was investigating the complaints.