Iraqis counting votes from provincial elections
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have begun counting votes from the first provincial elections since the last U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011. View the original here: Iraqis counting votes from provincial...
View ArticleEgypt court upholds ruling to suspend elections
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says that a government legal agency representing President Mohammed Morsi has lost an appeal to reverse a court-ordered suspension of parliamentary elections....
View ArticleParaguayans vote for president; Colorado favored
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguayans are voting for president, congress and governors in elections they hope will end the country’s isolation from regional groups that challenged last year’s...
View ArticleTaliban threat could skew Pakistan election result
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly...
View ArticleFood price hikes raise concerns in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian newspapers warn that a new wave of price hikes could stir greater discontent less than two months before presidential elections. Read the original post: Food price hikes...
View ArticleNapolitano mulls Italy government as he takes oath
ROME (AP) — President Giorgio Napolitano begins his unprecedented second term with the daunting task of trying to find a candidate who can form a government two months after national elections left...
View ArticleAt least 10 injured in Ivory Coast in post-election riots
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Rioters erected makeshift barricades and burned tyres in parts of Ivory Coast on Monday to protest at the results of local elections, witnesses said. Police...
View ArticleDeparting Egypt adviser’s criticism bolsters opposition
By Paul Taylor CAIRO (Reuters) – A highly critical letter of resignation by Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi’s legal adviser has reinforced opposition charges that the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to...
View ArticleRally in Italy’s debt to continue if new government revives reforms
By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) – A rally that has pushed Italy’s long-term borrowing costs to their lowest since late 2010 is seen continuing if the newly-designated prime minister can form a...
View ArticleAt least one person shot dead in Guinea protest
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least one person was shot dead and several were wounded in clashes between security forces and demonstrators after a protest by tens of thousands of opposition supporters in...
View ArticlePakistan to seal Afghan border May 11 for election
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say they’ll seal their border with Afghanistan and restrict the movement of Afghan refugees on May 11 during parliamentary elections. Read More: Pakistan to seal...
View ArticleGunmen kill 13 in Philippine political violence
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen attacked a truck carrying a southern Philippine mayor and his supporters and killed 13 people including his daughter, police said Friday. The mayor and nine others...
View ArticleGOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012...
View ArticleItaly’s Letta meets Berlusconi to try to form government
By James Mackenzie ROME (Reuters) – Italy's center-left prime minister-designate Enrico Letta met Silvio Berlusconi and other center-right officials on Saturday to try to resolve the remaining...
View ArticleItaly forms new government after 2-month stalemate
ROME (AP) — A coalition of Silvio Berlusconi's forces and center-left rivals forged a new Italian government Saturday, an unusual alliance that broke a two-month deadlock following inconclusive...
View ArticleConservatives turn on anti-EU rival before vote
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – The Conservatives derided the rival UK Independence Party as a "collection of clowns" on Sunday as they tried to stop supporters switching to the surging...
View ArticleBissau leader pledges election by year end
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau's interim leader returned home on Sunday after weeks abroad seeking medical treatment and pledged to organise elections in his coup-prone nation before the end of the...
View ArticleMalaysia’s opposition banks on new economic deal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — With less than a week to general elections, Malaysia’s opposition alliance is banking on the promise of bold change to end the governing coalition’s 56-year rule. It says...
View ArticleCameroon ruling party sweeps senate elections
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon's ruling party won 56 of the 70 seats contested in the country's first senate elections held on April 14, according to results issued on Monday by the Supreme Court....
View ArticleGuinea-Bissau acting president says elections soon
BISSAU, Guinea Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau’s interim president pledged to hold elections before the end of the year. View the original here: Guinea-Bissau acting president says elections soon
View ArticlePakistani court bars ex-president from elections for life
By Jibran Ahmed PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on former President Pervez Musharraf from contesting elections, derailing his efforts to regain...
View ArticlePakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf: reports
By Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan's powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his...
View ArticleAP Interview: New job for son of toppled shah
PARIS (AP) — The son of Iran’s toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement to press for free and fair elections in his homeland. Continued here: AP Interview: New job for son of...
View ArticleUKIP shakes Conservatives in local vote
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – The anti-European Union UK Independence Party made big gains in local elections, grabbing support from Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that...
View ArticleCameron’s Conservatives suffer in UK local votes
LONDON (AP) — David Cameron’s Conservative Party has taken a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party. More: Cameron’s Conservatives...
View ArticleIraq PM’s group wins largest bloc in several areas
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi electoral officials say a coalition led by Iraq’s prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in...
View ArticlePossible presidential front-runners in Iran
The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential elections. The list of candidates will be announced later this month after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics: Read the article:...
View ArticleNRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over
HOUSTON (AP) — The leadership of the National Rifle Association is telling its members that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles yet to come in Congress and next...
View ArticleVoting begins in tight Malaysian national election
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Millions of Malaysians began voting Sunday in tight national elections that could see the long-ruling coalition ousted after nearly 56 years in power. Originally posted...
View ArticleMalaysians vote in bitterly contested elections
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysians have begun voting in emotionally charged national elections that could see the long-ruling coalition ousted after nearly 56 years in power. See more here:...
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