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Opposition challenges constitutionality of eLection
results
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Megawati seeks run-off
after Yudhoyono’s win
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JAKARTA: Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri launched
a Constitutional Court challenge Tuesday to President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono’s re-election victory.
The daughter of independence hero, Sukarno has
refused to accept the results of the July 8 polls, which she lost in
a landslide to former general Yudhoyono, just as she lost the
previous election to him in 2004.
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FEATURE
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Dynasties still dominate Japan’s politics
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YOKOSUKA, Japan: In Japan’s election next month, the two
candidates for the prime minister’s post are carrying on a family
battle that started in the 1950s when their grandfathers were
premiers.
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WHO examines long-term effects
of anti-viral drug against ‘swine flu’
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GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it will
consult experts on the way anti-viral drugs such as Tamiflu are used
to tackle the swine flu pandemic, and possible drug resistance.
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SRINAGAR, India: Indian Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah offered to resign Tuesday after a lawmaker accused him of involvement in a three-year-old sex scandal. Authorities uncovered a racket in April 2006 involving 40 women whose clients allegedly included politicians, bureaucrats, security officials and businessmen in the conservative Muslim-majority state.
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