61 - 70 of 767 results for "People's Alliance for Democracy"

  1. 61. news | 03 Apr 2013

    Youth support sharia law in Pakistan: survey

    By AFP

    » More than half of young Pakistanis believe democracy has not been good for their country and nearly 40 percent are in favour of having Islamic sharia rule, according to a survey published Wednesday.

  2. 62. news | 10 May 2013

    Suu Kyi predicts charter change

    » YANGON - Amendments to Myanmar's military-drafted 2008 constitution are likely to be pushed through before the 2015 general election, democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday.

  3. 63. news | 08 May 2013

    Red-shirts seek dismissal of 5 judges

    By Online Reporters

    » Red-shirt protesters of the Radio Broadcasters for Democracy movement submitted a letter to the senate speaker at parliament on Wednesday calling for the removal of five of the nine Constitution Court judges.

  4. 64. opinion | 12 May 2013

    Getting over those tribal instincts

    COMMENTARY

    By Voranai Vanijaka, Newspaper section: News

    » Thai culture still relies far too much on relationships, rather than ideologies. Time and again we see democratic ideals sacrificed for the sake of relationships on both sides of the political divide. This is why our pol...

  5. 65. opinion | 21 Apr 2013

    Democracy loses in halls of parliament

    COMMENTARY

    By Voranai Vanijaka, Newspaper section: News

    » In theory, a democratic nation is governed by three branches: the executive, judicial and the parliamentary or legislative. In Thailand's reality, the country is governed formally by those three institutions, but als...

  6. 66. news | 05 Apr 2013

    'Chaos' unavoidable on Myanmar's democratic path

    By AFP

    » A degree of "chaos" is inevitable as Myanmar undergoes a transition to democracy, President Thein Sein's spokesman told AFP, appealing for unity in the wake of deadly religious violence.

  7. 67. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Myanmar conflicts threaten reform

    » LAIZA, MYANMAR — When Myanmar's post-junta government took power two years ago vowing to bring democracy to one of the world's most repressed nations, Da Shi Naw was under no illusion his own life would improve a...

  8. 68. news | 27 Apr 2013

    5 held in Bangladesh tragedy

    » SAVAR, BANGLADESH — Police in Bangladesh have taken five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily constructed building that killed at least 348 people.

  9. 69. learning | 07 Sep 2010

    UN recognises our youth

    YOUTH AFFAIR

    By Purich Trivitayakhun, Newspaper section: Learningpost

    » The United Nations (UN) defines youths as people aged from 15 to 24. This age group consists of 1.2 billion people, or 18 percent of the world's population. Of this number, 700 million live in the Asia-Pacific region...

  10. 70. learning | 07 Aug 2012

    Queen's Birthday: Helping people to walk again

    About health

    By Jon Fernquest

    » 24,000 people in Thailand have lost legs, mostly from auto accidents. New artificial leg reduces cost to 35,000 from 50,000.

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