BANGKOK — Thailand’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, met on Sunday with leaders of the anti-government protest movement, the first significant effort to defuse two weeks of street protests. The meeting, an unscripted and unusual face-off between hardened political rivals that was broadcast live on Thailand’s main television channels, failed to make progress on the main [...]
Iyad Allawi, whose bloc narrowly won Iraq’s parliamentary election, offers to work with all parties to form a coalition government. Read More Iraq poll winner reaches out to rivals
BAGHDAD – Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi reached out to his rivals to form a governing coalition Saturday, staking his claim as the top vote-getter in Iraq’s elections and saying he hoped to build strong relations with neighboring countries. Allawi’s secular Iraqiya bloc edged out chief rival Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki by just two seats [...]
India says it has taken a “first step” towards rebuilding trust with Pakistan after their first formal talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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