In today's round up of the international media, we take a look at web reactions to Vladimir Putin's presidential election win in Russia. Opposition groups have harnessed social media to organise protests, but also to poke fun at the perennial leader. And in the US, radio show host Rush Limbaugh gets into hot water when he starts slinging insults at a young student.
Duel inaugurations have DR Congo braced for an escalation of post-election tension, but will veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi ultimately wind up in jail or in the prime minister’s seat?
Dueling inaugurations have DR Congo braced for an escalation of post-election tension but will veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi ultimately wind up in jail or in the prime minister’s seat?
Russia's first general election since the advent of the smartphone offers up a surprise setback for Vladimir Putin. Are nascent protests the sign of a burgeoning democracy, or indeed the beginning of the end for the team that has now ruled for over a decade?
Russia’s first general election since the advent of the smartphone offers up a surprise setback for Vladimir Putin. Are nascent protests the sign of a burgeoning democracy, or indeed the beginning of the end for the team that has now ruled for over a decade?
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a probe into irregularities in the August 20 presidential vote should continue but downplayed the allegations by saying that fraud “happens all over the world”.
Abdullah Abdullah, a leading challenger for the Afghan presidency, has alleged widespread vote-rigging as authorities said on Sunday they were probing 225 claims of abuses in the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections.
Abdullah Abdullah, a leading challenger for the Afghan presidency, has alleged widespread vote-rigging as authorities said on Sunday they were probing 225 claims of abuses in the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections.
A court in Paris has handed former Paris mayor Jean Tiberi (pictured) a suspended one-year prison sentence and fined him €10,000 for vote rigging. Tiberi was accused of adding thousands of fake voters to electoral rolls in 1995 and 1997.
Tension heightened ahead of Monday's crucial vote, after rival supporters hit the motorcade carrying an ally of leading candidate Sheikh Hasina. At least 20 people were injured, according to the police.
