World Feb 08 Japanese prime minister's party secures supermajority in a key parliamentary election By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Associated Press
World Feb 07 Polls open in Japan's parliamentary elections as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes for big win Polls opened Sunday in parliamentary elections that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda. By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug, Associated Press
World Aug 08 Pakistan's imprisoned former PM Khan appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence A Pakistani lawyer says his client, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is asking a top court in Islamabad to suspend his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a graft case. By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press
World Jun 15 Watch Tensions High in Egypt Ahead of Post-Mubarak Presidential Election Ahead of this weekend's first presidential election in Egypt since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, tensions were high as more than 200 policemen were deployed outside parliament to block lawmakers from entering. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports from…
World Jun 14 Watch News Wrap: Egypt's High Court Quashes Parliamentary Elections In other news Thursday, Egypt's highest court dealt a double blow to the newly empowered Muslim Brotherhood. The judges found the law governing last fall's elections unconstitutional and ordered the new Islamist-dominated parliament dissolved. Also, U.N. observers finally entered the…