Thai opposition concedes defeat
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Thailand's opposition leader Banyat Bantadtan conceded defeat in Sunday's election, after TV exit polls projected a massive victory by the ruling party.
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Description: The latest clash between Thai security forces and Muslim activists near the Malaysian border resulted in scores dead.
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Slovenia's prime minister concedes defeat as early results put his centre-left coalition behind the opposition.
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Thais went to the polls Sunday in an election meant to restore democracy more than a year after the military ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose shadow looms large over the balloting.
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A faction of the Thai military says it has overthrown Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, with soldiers entering his offices and tanks surrounding the building.
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The political party backing ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced on Monday it had won the support of three small political allies to form a coalition government with a slim majority in parliament.
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Thailand's deposed premier resigned from his once all-powerful party in a letter faxed from London on Tuesday, after more than 200 colleagues quit the organization in the wake of a military coup.
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The main rival of President Hamid Karzai has conceded defeat in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election with less than six per cent of the vote left to be counted.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party on Tuesday, signaling the de facto collapse of a political machine that had dominated the country until last month's coup.
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The People Power Party backing former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won the most seats in Sunday's Thai election according to two exit polls, a likely cause of concern to the generals who ousted him in 2006.
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Opposition challenger Michael Sata conceded defeat on Monday as official results in Zambia's tightly fought presidential election gave incumbent Levy Mwanawasa an unassailable lead.
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The party that backs Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was headed for defeat on Tuesday after voters rallied to the opposition, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
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Thailand's interim government votes to accept a recommendation to partially lift martial law.
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Thailand faced an uncertain political future Thursday after a top court banned ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his party from contesting promised elections later this year.
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In Sundayâs parliamentary election, a party supporting former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won a plurality against a party backed by the junta.
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Thailand's leading parties wooed possible partners for a coalition government on Monday, a day after allies of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came out on top in the country's first election since he was ousted in a September 2006 military coup.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won a landslide general election victory,  exit polls say.