04 March 2010
News.Az 4 March 2010 News.Az interviews Joao Soares, president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, before his visit to the South Caucasus. You will be in Baku from 13 to 16 March. What do you expect from your upcoming visit to the South Caucasus countries? I have been planning to visit the Caucasus as president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for some time. I have expressed an interest in meeting the presidents, representatives of the
04 March 2010
AZERI PRESS AGENCY 4 March 2010 Baku. Viktoriya Dementyeva-APA. Interview with President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Joao Soares before his visit to South Caucasus It is your first official visit to the region as President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to the South Caucasus. What questions are you planning to discuss in the region, what meetings will be held during your visit? Although this is my first visit to the Caucasus as
01 March 2010
THE NEW YORK TIMES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 March 2010 DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) -- Rampant fraud including ballot-box stuffing and proxy voting marred Tajikistan's weekend parliamentary elections, international observers said Monday, while the opposition threatened legal challenges. Results have yet to be announced, but Sunday's election was expected to confirm President Emomali Rakhmon's two-decade grip on power over the impoverished Central
01 March 2010
BBC NEWS 1 March 2010 Voting in Tajikistan's elections last week was marred by widespread fraud, international monitors have said. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the polls had "failed on many basic democratic standards". It said there was evidence of ballot stuffing and proxy voting and media coverage of campaigning was minimal. President Emomali Rakhmon is widely expected to win the elections - his party
01 March 2010
REUTERS 1 March 2010 DUSHANBE: Serious irregularities including ballot-box stuffing mean Sunday's parliamentary election in Tajikistan failed to meet basic democratic standards, Europe's main election watchdog said on Monday. "I'm happy that election day took place in a generally good atmosphere but I'm even more disappointed that these elections failed on many basic democratic standards," Pia Christmas- Moller, vice president of the
01 March 2010
ALJAZEERA.NET 1 March 2010 International election observers have said Tajikistan's legislative elections were marred by "serious irregularities" including ballot stuffing The vote had failed to meet democratic standards, monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and European parliament said in a statement on Monday. Observers "highlighted serious irregularities on election day, including a high prevalence of
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