http://ap-1003920.newsvine.com/en-usCopyright 2012Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:29:03 +0000Wed, 16 May 2012 19:52:31 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10360165-turkmen-president-wins-97-percent-of-votehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/09/10360165-turkmen-president-wins-97-percent-of-voteelectionpresidentialpresidential-electionworld-newsascentral-asianturkmenistangurbanguli-berdymukhamedovThu, 9 Feb 2012 10:49:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 24, 2011 file photo, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov smiles as he rides a horse in capital Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The president of energy-rich Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov is an avid horseman, but he is unlikely ever to win a race as easily as he's set to clinch re-election on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin, File)</p><p>In this taken Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, residents look at a presidential election poster depicting the candidates in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The president of energy-rich Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov is an avid horseman, but he is unlikely ever to win a race as easily as he's set to clinch re-election on Sunday. (AP Photo)</p><p>FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2007 file photo Turkmenistan's new President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov stands in front of the People's Council that approved his election. Voters in this central Asian nation of Turkmenistan headed to the polls Sunday Feb. 12, 2012, in a presidential election with seven candidates running against the 54-year old dentist President Berdymukhamedov, who was elected to his first term with 89 percent of the vote in 2007. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, FILE)</p><p>Turkmen women dressed in traditional costume casts their ballot at polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Voters in Turkmenistan headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential election designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation. The seven candidates running against President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov have all made praise for his leadership a central plank of their campaigns. Berdymukhamedov, a 54-year-old trained dentist, was elected to his first term with 89 percent of the vote in 2007, weeks after the sudden death of his eccentric, iron-fisted predecessor, Saparmurat Niyazov. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin)</p><p>A Turkmen woman with her child casts her ballot at polling station in the agricultural university in Ashghabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Voters in Turkmenistan headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential election designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation. The seven candidates running against President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov have all made praise for his leadership a central plank of their campaigns. (AP Photo/Alexander Vershinin)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5871014-mexicos-el-chapo-thrives-10-years-after-escapehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/18/5871014-mexicos-el-chapo-thrives-10-years-after-escapeworld-newsrisedrug-warltel-chapoTue, 18 Jan 2011 16:05:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this June 10, 1993 file photo, Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias "El Chapo Guzman" is shown to the press after his arrest at the high security prison of Almoloya de Juarez, outskirts of Mexico City. In the 10 years since he escaped from a high security federal prison in a laundry truck, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has transformed himself from a middling Mexican capo into arguably the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/11/5627657-agreement-sought-on-afghan-pakistan-gas-pipelinehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/11/5627657-agreement-sought-on-afghan-pakistan-gas-pipelinebusinessafghanistanpipelineasturkmenistanSat, 11 Dec 2010 11:38:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/26/3549426-namibia-vote-expected-to-return-party-to-powerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/26/3549426-namibia-vote-expected-to-return-party-to-powerelectionsworld-newsnamibiaafhifikepunye-pohambaThu, 26 Nov 2009 14:21:31 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A ruling SWAPO party banner calling for votes hangs in the border town of Oshikango, Namibia on Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party is expected to return to power in weekend elections but its hold on this desert nation may weaken with the emergence of a new opposition party. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p><p>Workers prepare an election banner for the Rally for Democracy & Progress opposition in Ondangwa, Namibia, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party is expected to return to power in weekend elections but its hold on this desert nation may weaken with the emergence of the new party. Portrait on banner is former Foreign Minister, Hidipo Hamutenya. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p><p>Herero women in traditional dress prepare to vote at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia Friday Nov. 27, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p><p>Namibians queue to vote at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia, Friday Nov. 27, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p><p>Namibians queue to vote at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia Friday Nov. 27, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p><p>Namibians queue to vote at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia Friday Nov. 27, 2009. Namibia's longtime ruling party may see its grip on this desert nation weakened in elections that began Friday, with a challenge from a new breakaway party hoping to attract voters dissatisfied with corruption and leadership scandals. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/02/2632461-swiss-liechtenstein-ready-for-g20-tax-haven-listhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/02/2632461-swiss-liechtenstein-ready-for-g20-tax-haven-listswitzerlandeuworld-newstax-havensThu, 2 Apr 2009 18:59:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1486875-aid-agencies-see-china-coping-with-quake-focus-on-myanmarhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1486875-aid-agencies-see-china-coping-with-quake-focus-on-myanmarchinaaidworld-newsmyanmar-aidWed, 14 May 2008 01:26:28 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Equipment is packed at the technical aid organisation THW in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt, central Germany, Monday, May 12, 2008, awaiting for a possible transport to Myanmar to aid cyclone victims. (AP Photo/Daniel Roland)</p>