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5,000 protesters dispute Armenia election result
About 5,000 supporters of a presidential candidate in Armenia, who has lost to the incumbent, have protested the election results. President Serge ...
Gingrich: GOP failing to grasp new demographics
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says President Barack Obama's campaign was "eight, maybe 10 years, ahead" of the Republican Party last year in ...
Israeli leader brings dovish rival into coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday added his first coalition partner as he works to build a new government, agreeing to bring in a ...
Sarkisian easily wins Armenian presidential vote
Armenia's president easily won a second term, according to preliminary election results Tuesday, but his main rival claimed vote fraud and thousands ...
Court will hear campaign donation limits appeal
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to campaign finance laws limiting how much an individual can give to political campaigns. The justices on ...
Opposition takes power in major German state
A center-left government has taken power in one of Germany's biggest states — a development that gives opposition parties a majority in the German ...
Giovanni Malago elected as new CONI president
Giovanni Malago is the new president of the Italian Olympic Committee, replacing Giovanni Petrucci. Malago, organizer of the 2009 swimming world ...
How many votes is a photo op with the pope worth?
How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election? No, not that election — the one to pick the next leader of ...
Report: Assange sees legal defense in politics
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange regards his bid to become an Australian senator as a defense against potential criminal prosecution in the United ...
Runoff called in Cyprus' presidential election
Cyprus heads into a runoff presidential election next weekend, with voters called on to select who will lead the country through a severe financial ...
Iran's leader steps deeper into the political fray
Iran's supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: Spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral ...
Israel: Ex-foreign minister on trial for fraud
Former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman went on trial Sunday on fraud and breach of trust charges, pleading innocent in a case that could have deep ...
Zimbabwe voter awareness campaigners arrested
A community group in Zimbabwe says a pastor and three activists were arrested for holding a voter education meeting a day after President Robert ...
Jesse Jackson Jr., wife agree to plead guilty
In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges ...
Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition
Several thousand hard-line Islamists rallied in Cairo on Friday against a recent wave of violent anti-government protests, while liberal activists ...
Zimbabwe president announces referendum date
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe issued an official proclamation on Friday setting March 16 as the date for the nation to vote on a new constitution ...
Kenyan government sued for police brutality
The Kenyan government is being sued for police brutality in the violence following the 2007 election. The lawsuit comes as Kenya prepares for a new ...
3 candidates vie for Cyprus' top political job
Cypriots elect a new president Sunday from among 11 candidates. Here is a look at the three main candidates. NICOS ANASTASIADES, 66: A lawyer by trade ...
Financial crisis drives Cyprus presidential poll
Cypriots vote Sunday for a new president to guide them through a severe economic crisis as their country becomes the latest financially troubled ...
Lawyers for Kenya suspects call for trial delay
Four prominent Kenyans accused of orchestrating deadly violence that erupted after their country's 2007 presidential elections called on the ...
Zimbabwe sets March 16 vote date
Zimbabwe's constitutional affairs minister says a referendum on a new constitution has been "tentatively" set for March 16 to be followed by fresh ...