Sydney - The Australian Labor Party on Sunday looked certain to lose office in Western Australia after a state election upset that has rattled Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's federal government.
Labor had a monopoly on power at both the state and federal level before a big swing against it in Saturday's poll, the most likely outcome of which is for the Liberal and National parties to cobble together a unity state government that would see Labor's Alan Carpenter replaced by Liberal leader Colin Barnett.
Hong Kong - Voting was underway in Hong Kong's legislature elections Sunday with the "Olympics factor" expected to see pro-democracy parties lose ground to their China-friendly rivals.
Sixty seats are being contested in the quadrennial elections with voters given the right to directly elect 30 legislators. The rest are chosen by largely pro-Beijing professional interest groups.
Islamabad, Sept 6: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as the 11th President of the Pakistan.
Zardari was elected through a secret ballot by the two chambers of its Parliament, the National Assembly and Senate, and the four Provincial Assemblies.
The other contestants in the Presidential election were Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Mushahid Hussain Syed of Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q).
Sterling Heights, Mich. Sep 6: Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin gave him something he rarely sees on the campaign trail: Obama-sized crowds, but voters around the nation are still unsure what to make of McCain’s running mate, according to a new ABC News poll.
Half of Americans have a favorable first impression of the moose-hunting Governor of Alaska, compared with 37 percent who view her unfavorably.
Yet when asked if she had the right experience to serve as President, 42 percent said yes while 50 percent said no.
Washington, Sep 6: The Republican National convention may have helped
presidential nominee Senator McCain to “recoup some of his losses” in
public support, according to Gallup polls.
Its latest tracking
poll of the presidential race shows Democratic nominee Barack Obama
still leading, 48 percent to McCain’s 44 percent.
That compares with Obama’s 49 percent-42 percent lead on Friday and or 8 points lead he held over the past week.
The
latest numbers, based on Tuesday-through-Thursday telephone interviews
Washington, Sep 6: Republicans and Democrats have been deeply contrasting first impressions of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, suggesting partisanship, not gender, is paramount in the initial public reviews.
Overall, Alsaka Governor Palin, the first woman to run on a Republican presidential ticket, gets positive marks in a new ABC News national poll, despite broad skepticism that she has the necessary experience to serve as president.
Sydney - The Australian Labor Party on Sunday looked certain to lose office in Western Australia after a state election upset that has rattled Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's federal government.
Hong Kong - Voting was underway in Hong Kong's legislature elections Sunday with the "Olympics factor" expected to see pro-democracy parties lose ground to their China-friendly rivals.
Islamabad, Sept 6: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as the 11th President of the Pakistan. 
Sterling Heights, Mich. Sep 6: Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin gave him something he rarely sees on the campaign trail: Obama-sized crowds, but voters around the nation are still unsure what to make of McCain’s running mate, according to a new ABC News poll. 
Washington, Sep 6: The Republican National convention may have helped
Washington, Sep 6: Republicans and Democrats have been deeply contrasting first impressions of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, suggesting partisanship, not gender, is paramount in the initial public reviews. 
