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Venezuelan opposition leader demands that Chavez clarify rebel ties

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

A Venezuelan opposition leader is demanding that President Hugo Chavez explain accusations of close ties between his government and Colombian rebels.

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Plot to assassinate Zimbabwe opposition leader uncovered

Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The leader of the opposition in Zimbabwe has delayed his return home after a plot to assassinate him was uncovered.

Zimbabwe opposition leader delays return

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday postponed his expected return home to contest an election run-off after his party discovered an assassination plot against him, his spokesman said.

Zimbabwe opposition leader to meet African leaders in Belfast

Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday

DPA Johannesburg, May 16 (DPA) Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose supporters are awaiting his return to his troubled country after more than a month’s absence, was thousands of miles away in Northern Ireland Friday. Tsvangirai’s spokesman George Sibotshiwe confirmed that the MDC leader, who topped the March 29 presidential...

The opposition goes for broke

The Economist (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

Zimbabwe's opposition leader heads home to risk fighting another election AFTER a month on safari abroad, trying to befriend leaders all over Africa, Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the embattled opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has decided to go home and risk contesting a presidential election run-off. As The Economist went to press, he was poised to...

How to Lead an Opposition

The Daily Bayonet (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

Stephane Dion could learn a thing or two from UK Opposition leader David...

WA Opposition Leader: I did not do anything inappropriate to that quokka

Austrolabe (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008

Sniffing chairs, yes, but having inappropriate dealings with a small marsupial known as a quokka is a bridge too far for West Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell. West Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell says there is “absolutely no substance” to reports he once did something inappropriate to a quokka, a small marsupial found on a holiday [...]

Lebanon leaders to tackle core issues in Qatar

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

Source: Reuters * Leaders to begin substantive talks * Chances of success seen 50-50 By Nadim Ladki DOHA, May 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political ...

Govt and opposition leaders meet

Ansa (Free subscription) | yesterday

(ANSA) - Rome, May 16 - Premier Silvio Berlusconi and opposition leader Walter Veltroni met privately on Friday for the first of what they have promised will be periodic encounters to find common ground on reforms.Coming out of the 40-minute meeting, Veltroni told the press that institutional reform had topped the agenda of their talks.''There is an urgent need to tackle institutional...

Lebanese leaders face hurdles at tense Qatar talks

Christian Today (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Lebanons rival leaders held tense talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war but face major hurdles to reaching a deal

MDC leader delays return to Zimbabwe

ireland.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home today as expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe, his party said.

Lebanese leaders face hurdles at tense Qatar talks

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Source: Reuters * Leaders begin substantive talks * Chances of success seen 50-50 (Adds talks, details) By Nadim Ladki DOHA, May 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's rival leaders held tense talks in Qatar on Saturday to ...

Zimbabwe leader disputes presidential run-off date (Lead)

Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday

DPA Belfast, May 16 (DPA) Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai reiterated Friday that his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will take part in the presidential run-off but said the date June 27 set for the poll was “not on the basis of law”. Tsvangirai, who was speaking in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he was attending a [...]

Zimbabwe Opposition Silent on Exiled Leader’s Return

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday

The leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party had by Thursday not yet returned from his self-imposed South African exile, casting doubt whether he would come back soon to face President Robert Mugabe in a presidential election run-off expected in three months. Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who defeated President Mugabe in the first [...]

Opposition Leader Yurukov: Bulgaria Is Already Problematic EU Member

Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008

Plamen Yurukov, the leader of the Union of Democratic Forces, the party emblematic for Bulgaria's post-socialist transition in the 1990s, stated Thursday the country was a passive and already problematic member of the European Union. This was how Yurukov explained the freezing of EU funds payments...