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Putin rejects foreign advice on democracy
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday angrily rejected what he described as attempts to enforce foreign patterns of democracy on Russia and vowed to ...
Ghana's president declared election winner
President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was declared the winner of Ghana's presidential election, despite widespread technical glitches with the ...
Election underscores Ghana's democratic reputation
Voters in Ghana selected their next president Friday in a ballot expected to mark the sixth transparent election in this West African nation, known ...
China congress highlights contrast with Taiwan
While ties between China and Taiwan may be closer than at any time since they split in a civil war, the staid, formal Communist Party congress being ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad ridicules expense of US vote
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ridiculed the expense of the U.S. election, mocking it as a "battleground for capitalists" while speaking at a ...
Georgian president concedes but democracy rules
Defying expectations, President Mikhail Saakashvili conceded Tuesday that his party had lost Georgia's parliamentary election and his opponent had the ...
Poles help people of Belarus, recalling own past
Volha Starastsina saw no choice but to flush her work down the police station toilet. That was the only place the Belarusian journalist could hide TV ...
HK pro-democracy parties disappointed in key vote
Election results released Monday gave an edge to the pro-China faction in Hong Kong's legislature, where power is split between those aligned with ...
Tunisia designs its democracy, painfully
Tunisia dived into a fierce debate this week over a document that could be an example for the changing Arab world: a long-awaited constitution that ...
Clinton in East Timor on democracy push
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised East Timor on Thursday for holding fair elections this year, and said it was up to the ...
Georgian opposition claims repression
Wherever she goes, journalist Ekaterine Dugladze is followed by a group of men carrying video cameras. Saying they're reporters, they shove ...
Clinton challenges Africa to embrace democracy
In veiled swipes at China's investments in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged African leaders to embrace ...
Panetta: Egypt's leaders promise full democracy
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta left meetings with Egypt's new leaders Tuesday with an optimistic outlook for the valuable American ally emerging ...
Tunisia: Hardline Islam threatens democracy gains
Thousands of hardcore Muslims chant against Jews. Youths rampage through cities at night in protest of "blasphemous" art. A sit-in by religious ...
Romania political fight spotlights democracy woes
Romania's President Traian Basescu says he's on "Mission Impossible" to save democracy in this former Communist country. His opponents hope he's on ...
Egypt president: 1952 coup fell short on democracy
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of a coup that started decades of military rule, Egypt's new president said Sunday that it failed to bring about ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi plans trip to US in September
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she will accept an award in the United States in September, setting up a new round of international ...
Clinton urges free markets with democracy in Asia
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took aim Monday at China's model of economic growth without democracy, arguing that it undermines long-term ...
How 1 man derailed 20 years of democracy in Mali
On the morning three months ago when the fate of Mali was irrevocably changed, Mamadou Sanogo awoke in the house here where he and his wife had raised ...
Tunisian democracy threatened by weak opposition
Tunisia's fledgling democracy is threatened by a weak opposition that isn't offering a viable alternative to the well-organized Islamists in power, ...
Suu Kyi holds no grudges against jailers
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday that she holds no grudges against the military regime that kept her under house arrest for ...