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Le dirigeant du mouvement Ennahdha et ex-ministre de la justice, Noureddine Bhiri a indiqué lors de l’émission « A La Page » que le référendum organisé par son parti s’est déroulé dans une atmosphère de transparence d’impartialité. 

Noureddine Bhiri a déclaré que plus de 70% des 38682 participants au référendum ont voté pour l’organisation du 10e congrès national d’Ennahdha après les prochaines élections. 

KUALA LUMPUR: Incumbent PKR vice-president Tian Chua (pic) said he might pull out from the six-cornered deputy presidency race pending talks with the party’s top leadership.

Speaking to reporters at his office here on Tuesday, the Batu parliamentarian said the discussion was necessary in the move to reduce competition, and to build a solid leadership within the organisation.

The talks, he said, would include consultation with outgoing secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, who is also vying for the post, because of their "close friendship".

Campaigning for Iraq's April 30 general election opened Tuesday, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki bidding for a third term as his government grapples with the country's worst bloodshed in years.

Iraqis face a long list of daily struggles, ranging from lengthy power cuts and poor running water and sewerage to rampant corruption and high levels of unemployment, to say nothing of a seemingly endless stream of attacks which have killed more than 2,200 people this year.

Turkey's main opposition, the People's Republican Party (CHP), will appeal against election results in Ankara.

The decision comes after the capital remained in hands of the ruling Party of Justice and Development (AKP), amid predictions the opposition could score a victory.

The AKP gained 44.8% of the results, compared to the CHP's 43.9%, The Journal of Turkish Weekly has reported. During the counting of ballots, the vote was described as a close call.

Golkar Party chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie left Jakarta on Tuesday to campaign in cities in Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara ahead the legislative election on April 9.

Aburizal and his 50-strong entourage, which includes 20 journalists, departed from Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport in East Jakarta aboard a Fokker 100 aircraft.

The chartered executive jet was bound for Makassar, South Sulawesi, where Aburizal is expected to lead Golkar's national campaign together with the province's governor, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, who is also a Golkar member.

Les choses n’avancent pas dans les négociations entre le gouvernement et les bandits armés dont une partie participe aux négociations pour le retour de l’administration au nord et le cantonnement des combattants rebelles. Selon de sources concordantes, on évoque une division au sein du gouvernement concernant les concessions à faire

Two FEMEN activists, who had staged a protest at an Istanbul polling station in Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s constituency on March 30, have been deported.

The two women, who are reportedlyFrench citizens, were detained after they showed up in Üsküdar’s Burhaniye Elementary School, where Erdoğan went to vote in a previous election. The activists, who had written “Ban Erdogan” on their topless chests and backs, grabbed and threw away several ballot papers. 

L’argent pèse lourd dans cette campagne électorale marquée durant la première semaine par l’organisation d’une soixantaine de meetings et d’une dizaine de rencontres de proximité.