Government

Bangladesh government announces national elections (AFP via Yahoo! News)

13 May 2008

The head of Bangladesh's military-backed government said Monday that national elections would be held in the third week of December, 16 months after a state of emergency was imposed.

Pakistan's coalition government threatened (UPI)

13 May 2008

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 12 (UPI) -- Part of Pakistan's coalition government said Monday it was quitting its Cabinet posts over the failed reinstatement of judges President Pervez Musharraf ousted.

Chile government probes major data hack (USA Today)

13 May 2008

A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.