Tag: Rival

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At least three persons were killed while nine others were injured in an armed clash between two groups over matrimonial issue here on Wednesday,...

KANO - The Muslim opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential polls rejected the results Wednesday but urged calm after deadly post-election riots, amid a rush to help nearly 40,000 displaced. Authorities say many were killed the violence, which saw corpses burnt beyond recognition and bodies reportedly thrown into wells, but have refused to give a toll, saying it could spark reprisals and would be inaccurate.
There were reports of fresh clashes in the northern state of

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, called for peace after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces, but he faces a huge task reuniting a country shattered by civil war.
Ouattara, who won a November presidential election according to UN-certified results, can finally begin asserting his authority over the West African country after his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo was captured on Monday, ending more than four months of

SEOUL - North and South Korean military officers will meet this week at a truce village on their heavily fortified border in a test of a pledge by the North to ease tension after a major security crisis last year. Regional powers have nudged the rivals to defuse the crisis and restart international talks over the North's nuclear programme. The two Koreas are still technically at war because an armistice not a treaty ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
The meeting will be the first

BEIRUT - Lebanon's rival parties on Friday appeared headed for a fierce showdown as each side hardened its position in the country's political crisis after the failure of foreign mediation efforts.
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday set the tone for the battle ahead after defiantly saying he would stand for another term despite Hezbollah's campaign to discredit him. "We will go to the parliamentary consultations organised by the president on Monday and I remain

We've seen a lot of tablets since IFA, but most Android tablets have been, shall we say poor, lumbered with a slow OS and poor app choice. Even the best - the Samsung Galaxy Tab - seems like a phone trying to be a tablet. Because Honeycomb has been built from the ground up for tablets, we're expecting a much more streamlined experience from the Xoom. First impressions are impressive.
Thanks to a magnesium chassis and aluminium casing, the Xoom feels really substantial. The front

LAHORE - For the first time in the Punjab University's (PU) history, two rival groups having completely different ideologies - the Academic Group, consisting of pro-Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and pro-Islami Jamiat-e-Talba (IJT) teachers - and the Academic Forum, consisting of leftist teachers, defeated the Teachers Front (TF), a group consisting of neutral teachers and those supported by the VC, in the Academic Staff Association (ASA) elections held at the varsity.
It was quite

PARIS/ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he had proof his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, had instigated post-election violence and ordered foreign agents to carry out killings.
There was no immediate reaction from Gbagbo's camp but the United Nations said the confirmed death toll from the violence had risen to 210 and condemned the blocking of investigators trying to probe reports of further killings.
Ivory Coast has been in turmoil

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast's internationally recognised president accused incumbent Laurent Gbagbo of masterminding a campaign of rape and murder of his supporters as the deadly stand-off's toll rose further.
Alassane Ouattara, besieged by Gbagbo troops since the world said he won a November presidential run-off, told Europe 1 radio that violence allegedly carried out by Liberian mercenaries on his rival's behalf left Gbagbo with blood on his hands.
"Many Ivorians have been

ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's troops kept up their blockade of his presidential rival's headquarters on Wednesday, despite a vow to lift the siege as a prelude to talks to resolve the stand-off.
African leaders struggling to mediate an end to the crisis had said on Tuesday that Gbagbo promised to allow free access to the hotel that has become home to Alassane Ouattara, the man the world says won a November election. With no visible progress in the

ABDIJAN: Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo must concede the presidency and accept his rival Alassane Ouattara as head of state before talks can begin on settling their power struggle, Ouattara's camp said on Saturday.
Gbagbo has floated the idea of talks to end a row over who won an election on November 28, which was meant to reunify the world's top cocoa producer but has instead left it paralysed with parallel administrations and many fearing further violence.
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