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| Afghan presidential election provokes more than 3,000 complaints | |  By Mirwais Harooni KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of violations from last weekend's presidential election, exceeding the tally following a 2009 vote that was marred by widespread fraud. The three frontrunners have all complained of fraud in the April 5 vote meant to usher in Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power, as incumbent Hamid Karzai prepares to step down after more than 12 years as head of state. "As soon as we get them, it is clear the final number is going to increase," said Nader Mohseni, spokesman for the Independent Election Complaints Commission. This figure compares to more than 2,000 complaints investigated during the 2009 elections, which were tarnished by fraud that led to more than a million votes being scrapped.
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| Beleaguered Thai PM pleads for justice, fair treatment | |  By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - With legal cases against her mounting, embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for fair and proper treatment from the national anti-corruption commission and Thailand's Constitutional Court. Thailand's political crisis looks set to enter a new, potentially turbulent phase as Yingluck faces at least two legal cases that could see her removed from office in coming weeks, a move that is likely to jolt her supporters in to action and bring the country closer, some fear, to civil strife. "I ask that the Constitutional Court and National Anti-Corruption Commision use fair treatment when they deliberate the cases against me. Her supporters have accused the Constitutional Court of bias in frequently ruling against the government.
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| Kejriwal slapped during Delhi campaign | | | New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was Tuesday slapped by a man while he was campaigning here, making it the fifth attack on him in recent days. The attack, which took place in Sultanpuri, left Kejriwal with a swollen left eye. The attacker, an autorickshaw driver, was roughed up by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters. Barely four days ago on April 4, Kejriwal was punched in south Delhi by a teenager who pretended to garland him. |
| Philippine court upholds contraceptive law as constitutional | | | The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a family planning law but ruled out provisions to punish health workers who do not inform people about contraceptive options. In a country where more than 80 percent of a population of about 97 million is Roman Catholic, the Church had opposed the law, effectively blocking its passage for 13 years, for fear it would lead to a spike in abortions. The Philippines has one of the highest birth rates in Asia, standing at 24.98 per 1,000 of population in 2012. Congress passed the reproductive health law in December 2012, allowing public health centres to hand out contraceptives, such as condoms and pills, and teach sex education in schools. |
| "Honeymoon murder" suspect Shrien Dewani arrives in South Africa | |  British businessman Shrien Dewani, who is accused of arranging for his bride to be murdered during their 2010 honeymoon in Cape Town, arrived in South Africa on Tuesday to face trial after losing a three-year battle against extradition. Dewani has been treated for post-traumatic stress and depression since the killing of his Swedish wife, Anni, but Pretoria has not let up in its fight to bring him to trial, mindful of the damage to crime-ridden South Africa's reputation after its successful hosting of the 2010 soccer World Cup. "He landed a short while ago," a senior justice ministry official told reporters at the court in Cape Town, where Dewani is due to appear to be charged with conspiracy to murder, murder and defeating the ends of justice. Anni Dewani was shot dead in November 2010 in a taxi in Gugulethu township on the outskirts of Cape Town.
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| Kejriwal punched during Delhi campaign | | | New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was Tuesday punched on the face by a man while he was campaigning here. |
| Nigerians scuffle with villagers in Greater Noida | | | Greater Noida, April 8 (IANS) A group of Nigerian nationals allegedly barged into houses in a Greater Noida village and bashed up some villagers, police said Tuesday. The scuffle took place Monday when armed Nigerians allegedly created ruckus in Chuhudpur village and barged into some of the houses. Police said villagers demonstrated at the Kasna police station and blockaded the police station, protesting the attack. The villagers demanded the arrest of the foreign nationals, who, they said, live in Media village and Vrinda society of Greater Noida. |
| More anti-graft activists go on trial in China | |  By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - The trial of two Chinese activists accused of disturbing public order after urging officials to reveal their assets began on Tuesday, the latest in a series of cases brought against anti-graft campaigners in China despite criticism from the West. The trials of members of the "New Citizens' Movement" have sparked criticism from the United States, Europe and rights groups as evidence of the ruling Chinese Communist Party's determination to crush any dissent to its rule. The government has waged a year-long drive against the movement, founded by Xu Zhiyong, one of China's most prominent rights activists, who was jailed in January for four years. The two activists put on trial on Tuesday -- Ding Jiaxi and Li Wei -- advocated working within the system to press for change, including urging officials to publish details of assets.
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| Policeman injured in guerrilla attack in Kashmir town | | | Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Guerrillas attacked a policeman Tuesday morning in Kashmir's Anantnag town and snatched away his rifle. Police said guerrillas fired at a constable in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag, 54 km from Srinagar. "The injured constable has been taken to Srinagar for treatment," the officer said. Sources in the town told IANS the guerrillas took away the constable's rifle after the attack. |
| Freed Vietnamese anti-govt activist arrives in United States | |  REUTERS - A dissident jailed for criticising Vietnam's leadership has been freed and is now in Washington, family friends and a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a rare concession by a country long criticised for its human rights record. French-educated lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu left Vietnam on Sunday with his wife after his release three years into a 10-year sentence of both jail and house arrest for conducting "anti-state propaganda". "We welcome the decision by Vietnamese authorities to release prisoner of conscience Dr Cu Huy Ha Vu," said Spencer Cryder, a spokesman for the U.S embassy in Hanoi. His release comes as pressure mounts on Vietnam, which won a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2013, to stop intimidating, arresting and jailing critics, bloggers and other dissidents.
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| BSP leader in UP found with Rs 4 crore cash, booked | | | Lucknow, April 8 (IANS) A BSP leader was booked after a flying squad of the Election Commission found him possessing Rs.4 crore in cash, officials said Tuesday. The seizure was made from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and property dealer Nadeem, who lives in Shastri Nagar locality in Meerut city. |
| Two guerrillas, one army officer killed in Kashmir | | | Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) At least three two guerrillas and an army officer were killed and four policemen injured in gunfight in Kashmir's Kupwara district. "Two militants have been killed in the Zunrishi (Chowkibal) encounter that started Monday evening," a senior police officer told IANS. "One junior commissioned officer has also been killed in the operation and four policemen, including a sub-inspector and three constables, were injured during the operation." Although the firing has stopped in the area, the operation is still going on as searches are being carried out to secure the place for the civilians, said the officer. The identify of the slain guerrillas has been established, the officer said. |
| Decades after genocide, Congo struggles to dislodge Rwanda rebels | |  By Peter Jones TONGO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Twenty years after the genocide in Rwanda, a rebel group founded by ethnic extremists who took part in that slaughter still prowls the lush hills of neighbouring eastern Congo, defying a renewed threat by the army and U.N. peacekeepers to dislodge it. The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) sits at the heart of two decades of war and instability in Democratic Republic of Congo, in which millions of people have died from violence, hunger and disease. Founded by members of the Interahamwe Hutu militia that organised the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994, the FDLR's ranks have dwindled over the last decade to less than 2,000 rag-tag fighters. But its presence in eastern Congo remains an irritant to Rwanda's Tutsi leadership, which has held power since the genocide, and has prompted years of meddling by Kigali in its larger neighbour, fuelling instability and bloodshed.
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