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Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan's first female president
Opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan's first female president.
Suu Kyi 'will be above president' if NLD wins Myanmar election
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she would be "above the president" if her National League for Democracy wins Sunday's election.
Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysian jailed opposition leader denied royal pardon
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is to remain in prison after his request for a royal pardon was turned down
CROSS TALK / Last call before things get out of hand
US president Abraham Lincoln once elaborated on the dangers facing the Americans. He said some trans-Atlantic military wasn't going to crush them with a blow. Nor all the armies of Europe and Asia “could by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years.” He then said if destruction was the lot of the Americans, it must be them who will be its author and finisher. As a nation, he concluded, the Americans will either live as free men forever or die by suicide.
Anwar Ibrahim’s family seeks royal pardon
The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim seeks royal pardon over his conviction for sodomy.
Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan's first female president
Opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan's first female president.
Suu Kyi 'will be above president' if NLD wins Myanmar election
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she would be "above the president" if her National League for Democracy wins Sunday's election.
Anwar Ibrahim: Malaysian jailed opposition leader denied royal pardon
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is to remain in prison after his request for a royal pardon was turned down
Last call before things get out of hand
US president Abraham Lincoln once elaborated on the dangers facing the Americans. He said some trans-Atlantic military wasn't going to crush them with a blow. Nor all the armies of Europe and Asia “could by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years.” He then said if destruction was the lot of the Americans, it must be them who will be its author and finisher. As a nation, he concluded, the Americans will either live as free men forever or die by suicide.
Anwar Ibrahim’s family seeks royal pardon
The family of jailed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim seeks royal pardon over his conviction for sodomy.
