Karzai declared elected president

Poll officials scrapped the planned second round of the Afghan presidential election, and declared Hamid Karzai (right on the photo, from aljazeera.net) the elected president.

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Uighurs from Guantanamo arrive in Palau

The Pacific island of Palau has welcomed six Chinese Uighur prisoners from the US detention centre at Guantanmo Bay, officials say. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)
They have “arrived to freedom”, said lawyers for three of them early on Sunday.

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MDC boycott criticised by Mugabe

Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s prime minister and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has announced its decision to boycott the country’s unity cabinet. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Karzai rival withdraws from run-off

“I will not participate in the election,” Dr Abdullah told supporters. (photo, from aljazeera.net)
Hamid Karzai’s rival announced his withdrawal from the second round of the Afghan presidential election, arguing that his demands for ensuring a fraud-free election had not been met.

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Uighur case to go to US Supreme Court

Although the Pentagon cleared Chinese Muslim in 2004, a number of them are still being held at Guantanamo Bay (photo, from bbc.co.uk).
The US Supreme Court has said it will hear a case about the rights of ethnic Uighurs detained at the prison.

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No ‘outright win’ for Karzai

Hamid Karzai did not gain enough valid votes for an outright win, according to a panel probing fraud claims in the Afghan election.
Although preliminary results from August’s first round had placed Karzai comfortably over the 50% plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a run-off, the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) recommended that ballots from [...]

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Guinea leader doesn’t want peacekeepers

Guinea’s military leader has warned on Saturday that Guineans are strongly opposed to international peacekeepers in their country.
Five days before Capt Moussa Dadis Camara’s comments, scores of opposition supporters were shot dead by Guinea’s forces at a pro-democracy rally.

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Ireland says ‘yes’ to Lisbon Treaty

The European Union’s Lisbon Treaty is back on track, with the Irish voters who approved the 27-nation bloc’s plans for reform.
On Saturday, the electoral office said that 67.1 per cent of voters had said “yes”, reversing the win last year by the “no” campaign. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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US agree to keep silent on Israeli nuclear arms

The Washington Times reported that US president Barack Obama, has agreed to abide by a 40-year policy of allowing Israel to keep nuclear weapons without opening them to international inspection.
On Saturday, the US newspaper quoted three unnamed sources as saying Obama had confirmed to Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, that he would maintain the “don’t [...]

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Guinea : troops killed demonstrators

At least 58 people have been killed in Guinea, after troops opened fire on an opposition rally, reports say. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)
According to a BBC correspondent, troops fired into protesters as they gathered in a stadium in the capital, Conakry.

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