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PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) insists the decision to not forge any alliance for the local government (LG) elections is not because of lack of options.

Le parti FLN met en garde le camp des boycotteurs de l’élection présidentielle contre «toute tentative de déstabilisation de l’Algérie en recourant à la rue», a-t-il indiqué hier dans un communiqué sanctionnant la réunion du bureau politique.

Bir El Ater : sit-in des opposants au 4e mandat

Plus d’une cinquantaine de personnes, pour la plupart des jeunes, se sont rassemblées tôt ce matin devant le siège de la daïra de Bir El Ater, à 90 km au sud de Tébessa, pour exprimer leur refus catégorique au 4e mandat du président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Une dizaine a occupé l’esplanade devant la daïra, brandissant des banderoles sur lesquelles on pouvait lire : «Non au 4e mandat», ou encore «L’Algérie n’appartient à personne, elle appartient au peuple».

Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic put forward a new constitutional model for Bosnia and Herzegovina based on multi-ethnic cantons in a bid to deal with the country’s political stagnation.

Mesic said in Mostar on Friday that it was a time for an international conference on a new constitutional make-up for the country to replace the one imposed under the 1995 Dayton peace agreement that ended the war - but his proposal was immediately rejected by the Bosnian Serb leadership.

KABUL (Pajhwok): With less than one month to go until the April 5 elections, the Taliban on Monday renewed their threat to disrupt what they called “the latest plot of invaders” by attacking everyone associated with the electoral process.

In a statement issued to Pajhwok, the militant outfit said foreigners led by the United States wanted to install a new puppet government under the pretext of so-called elections in Afghanistan.

Golkar politician Indra Jaya Pilian said on Sunday that there was no possibility that Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie would run as a vice presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election.

“Our stance is clear, ARB [Aburizal Bakrie] will be a presidential candidate and under no circumstances will he run for VP,” said Indra during a discussion called Who is The Dark Horse 2014, as quoted byAntara.

He admitted that the clear position meant his party was ready to face any outcome in the upcoming election.

“The worst scenario would be to lose,” he said.

Les gardes communaux ne baissent pas les bras. Ils maintiennent les sit-in auxquels ils ont appelé pour aujourd’hui devant les sièges des wilayas du Centre, dont Tizi Ouzou, Bouira et Béjaïa. Mieux, ils comptent improviser des marches à partir de ces villes vers la capitale. Leur colère est telle qu’ils ne comptent plus se taire ni faire marche arrière.
    

Members of the General National Congress (GNC) have asked for General Chief of Staff Jadallah Al-Obaidi to be recalled to Tripoli over his failure to take action against the North Korean-flagged tanker Morning Glory which illegally loaded oil from Es-Sider yesterday.