Tag: opposition leader

Pakistan has just taken another turn for the worse: Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, her party said. “She has been martyred,” said party offical Rehman Malik. MSNBC is reporting that the bomber went up to Bhutto and […]

Democracy on the march: Russian police have detained opposition leader and former world chess champion Garry Kasparov. He and other critics of President Vladimir Putin were arrested as police broke up a rally in Moscow organised by Mr Kasparov’s Other Russia coalition. Police moved in when protesters tried to march to the election commission, which […]