NEW DELHI: With female candidates putting up a poor show in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections in Indian state of Jharkhand, all major political parties have been extremely economical in giving tickets to women for the upcoming polls. In 2004 women candidates belonged to various political parties had lost in the Lok Sabha elections. Six Independent women candidates even lost their security deposits. This time, no party including Congress and BJP gave ticket to woman to contest polls.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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