in turkey the main pro kurdish opposition party the h d p has elected new leaders lawmaker peven bold and says. the only candidates will be the new co-leaders of the second largest opposition party in turkey's parliament the vote follows a crackdown on the party for alleged terror links that led to the jailing of its former leaders and hundreds of arrests. mourners have gathered outside the home of pakistani human rights campaigner. she died on sunday of a cardiac arrest and lahore at age sixty six to hunger campaign tirelessly for democracy and free speech in pakistan and she faced many death threats for speaking out against the strict blasphemy laws of the conservative muslim majority country. german chancellor angela merkel has vowed to serve another four year term despite growing criticism within her conservative bloc many contend that she granted too many concessions in a coalition deal but the center left social democrats to end months of political gridlock on sunday she shot back saying it would have been irresponsible to let the negotiations collapse the social democrats rank