Hard-liner tops India&#39;s opposition party
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A Hindu hard-liner who recently was India&#39;s deputy prime minister took over the country&#39;s main opposition party Wednesday with a pledge to build a temple on the site of a 16th-century
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The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought back hardline leader Lal Krishna Advani as party chief on Monday after last week's loss in state elections in the major industrial state of Maharashtra.
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India's ruling Congress party won power  in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the  fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party and strengthen  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's minority national coalition.
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India&#39;s ruling Congress Party has retained power in legislative elections in the country&#39;s second largest state of Maharashtra.
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ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Opposition parties on Wednesday reacted strongly to the statement of Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and termed it an announcement on behalf of the president
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NEW DELHI : India welcomed Myanmar&#39;s army strongman General Than Shwe, who arrived on an official visit days after sacking his prime minister in what was seen as a bid to promote military hardliners.
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When Irfan Pathan strode in to address the media, sporting an India tracksuit and smoothing back his tousled curls, he certainly didn&#39;t look like he was part of a side that had lost hope.
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The battle between Indiaâs two main political parties has been watched as an indication ahead of national elections.
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A party that supports the former prime minister appeared to be ahead of one backed by the generals who ousted him.
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The candidate of South Koreaâs conservative opposition party in next weekâs presidential election has surged far ahead of his rivals in the last opinion polls allowed before the balloting.
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The ruling left coalition in the Indian state of West Bengal  completes a country record of 30 years in power.
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India&#39;s five-month-old governing coalition received a major boost Saturday when the ruling Congress Party won a solid victory over Hindu nationalist parties in a state
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India's opposition leader and Hindu hardliner Lal Krishna Advani vowed his defeated BJP party would return and launched a blistering attack on the new government.
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COLOMBO: Sri Lankaâs ruling coalition on Friday won crucial support from an opposition party to gain a simple majority for the first time since April elections and clear the way for reviving peace talks with Tamil rebels.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival for the Afghan presidency, Yunus Qanooni, is to launch an opposition party, positioning himself as a key challenger in the new parliament.
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The front-runners for each party's nomination are also perceived by voters as the 'toughest' in their lineups.
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BJP president LK Advani&#39;s attempt to put the party in order by admonishing erring leaders - surprisingly before TV cameras â-ackfired spectacularly on Wednesday.