National Assembly

19 Sep 2005

Mohammed Umar yesterday returned to his alma mater, the Alam Faizad School in central Kabul, for the first time since the ousting of the Taleban to cast his vote in Afghanistan's landmark National...

1:12AM

Afghans live out democracy dream

19 Sep 2005

Mohammed Umar yesterday returned to his alma mater, the Alam Faizad School in central Kabul, for the first time since the ousting of the Taleban to cast his vote in Afghanistan's landmark National...

1:13AM

Women take poll position in bastion of male dominance

15 Sep 2005

When Afghanistan's electoral supervisory authority allocated poll symbols to candidates contesting the National Assembly elections, Gulalay Habib was given two footballs, a game played by few...

12:52AM

National Assembly election eclipsed

9 May 2005

The Taiwan opposition leaders' visits to the mainland have overshadowed the National Assembly election scheduled for Saturday, adding to the public apathy about the poll, observers say.

8:24PM

Historic parting

29 Mar 2000

After Chiang Kai-shek retreated with his Kuomintang forces to Taiwan in 1949, he kept two institutions to symbolise the island's links with the mainland - the provincial government of Taiwan and...

10:33AM