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Iran ‘lifts block on SMS texting’
Tehran, July 3 (ANI): SMS text messaging services in Iran have been unblocked for the first time since disputed June 12 presidential elections.
The BBC quoted Iranian news agencies as saying that there are still technical problems. Messages up to three weeks old were being sent out, and some users were receiving multiple repeated messages, they [...]
Philippine leader assures of elections next year
Manila – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assured the public Thursday that presidential and national elections would take place as scheduled next year amid suspicions she was planning to cling to office.
Arroyo said Thursday’s merger of her party with the country’s largest political party showed the determination of her government to ensure that the elections [...]
Facebook in Iran not blocked for political reasons, says candidate
Tehran – The website Facebook has not been blocked for political reasons but rather morale problems, a chief opposition presidential candidate said Monday.
The labour news agency ILNA had reported that Facebook was blocked for Iranian internet users to prevent propaganda for moderate Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who is the main challenger of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
“As far [...]
Kremlin candidate wins Sochi elections
Moscow – Anatoly Pakhomov, the Kremlin-backed candidate, won a landslide victory in the race for the mayor’s post in Sochi, host city of the Olympic Winter Games 2014, news reports said Monday.
The Itar-Tass news agency, quoting election officials, said with about 80 per cent of the votes counted, Pakhomov had won 77 per cent of [...]
ROUNDUP: Slovaks head to polls in presidential election
Bratislava/Prague – Slovaks are voting for their new head of state on Saturday, in an election that is likely to turn into a duel between the centre-left government and the right-wing opposition.
The race is led by incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic, 67, who is supported by the very popular prime minister, Robert Fico. Gasparovic’s campaign has [...]
Khatami: Iran opposition must unite to replace Ahmadinejad
Tehran – Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has called on all opposition groups to unite in order to replace President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the upcoming elections, the ISNA news agency reported Thursday.
“The society has reached a juncture in which all [political groups] should try to change the political status quo,” Khatami told a group of [...]
