Suu Kyi puts off oath taking

The Leader of the National League for Democracy 66 year old Sui Kyi and 36 party members  have put off taking oaths in Parliament due to a dispute over the wording of the oath. Read more

French Presidential poll; Hollande leads

France is likely to have a socialist President to lead the country after a long interval of seventeen years.

French Socialist Party Leader Francois Hollande leads in the first round of polls for the Presidency of France. He has secured 28.63% votes with the incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, Leader of the Far Right National Front, being pushed to the second place. The average turn out of voters was 79.47.

He is tipped to get a majority in the second round of the polls to be held in May.