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Opposition leaders being placed under detention as Maldives President decl
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 05 (ANI): Opposition leaders across the Maldives are being rounded up and placed under detention as draconian measures are being put in place by President Abdulla Yameen. Early Monday evening President Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days.
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Russian opposition leader detained at protest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 28 (ANI): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday was detained shortly after joining a rally in Moscow.
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'I am facing imminent arrest,' says Maldivian opposition leader Faris Maum
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jan.27 (ANI): Maldives opposition leader and the son of former President Abdul Qayoom today expressed fears about his arrest being "imminent" as the Maldives Government has intensified its crackdown on the opposition.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett dies in helicopter crash
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Mexico [United States], Jan 19 (ANI): Exiled Zimbabwe opposition leader Roy Bennett has been killed along with his wife Heather in a helicopter crash in the US state of New Mexico.
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Russia's Navalny secures support for 2018 presidential polls
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 25 (ANI): Scores of Russians have endorsed the candidacy of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to get his name on the ballot officially and challenge Vladimir Putin in the next year's presidential polls.
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'EC should dispel doubts over EVMs', says Gehlot
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 16 (ANI): Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Saturday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to counter doubts raised by the Opposition leaders over tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the Gujarat Assembly elections.
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Opposition to meet before winter session to formulate strategy
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Opposition leaders will hold a meeting on December 14, a day ahead of the winter session to chalk out strategy for it.
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TMC leader threatens to 'break legs' of opposition leaders
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata [India], Nov.16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mandoal threatened to break legs of Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Bikash Bhattacharya.
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Khaleda says Bangladesh not doing enough for Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 30 (ANI): The Bangladesh opposition leader and the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia, has accused the government of 'insufficient efforts' in extending assistance to Rohingya refugees, The Daily Star reported.
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for third time this year
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 3 (ANI): A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his third jail term this year.
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Kenya elections: Kenyatta re-elected as President
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], August 12 (ANI): Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election as president in Kenya, defeating veteran opposition leader and longtime rival Raila Odinga in a tense contest.
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PTI wants Nisar to replace Sharif as PM, claims Pak opposition leader
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah has claimed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) wants Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan to replace Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif if he gets disqualified in the Pan
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