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Algeria opposition front to boycott parliament
A new Algerian opposition front of 14 small political parties has announced it will boycott the new parliament, calling its election fraudulent.
Greece's new prime minister meets party leaders
Greece's newly installed caretaker prime minister conferred with party leaders Monday ahead of this week's European Union summit that's expected to ...
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. The voting that ...
Greece: Germany's Merkel suggests euro referendum
Germany's chancellor apparently waded into Greece's choppy political waters on Friday, when Athens said Angela Merkel suggested that the country ...
Greek party most extreme of Europe's far right
Twenty-one members of Golden Dawn were sworn into Greece's Parliament on Thursday, making it arguably the most far-right party to enter a European ...
Monti faces renewed pressure to speed reforms
For the Italian entrepreneur whose business and marriage were falling apart, a tax bill was the last straw. Armed with a shotgun and two revolvers, ...
Lightning sparks Hollande's French presidency
Socialist Francois Hollande assumed France's presidency Tuesday, inheriting a country fearful for its financial future and jetting off immediately to ...
Group: Syria troops target health workers, wounded
Syrian forces are targeting medical workers and patients who were wounded in the 14-month-old conflict, forcing doctors to scramble to help the ...
North Lebanon calm after Syria spillover clashes
Lebanese troops deployed Tuesday in tense areas of the northern city of Tripoli after three days of sectarian clashes killed at least six people in ...
Irish pose next democratic test for EU austerity
When voters in Greece and France got the chance, they dealt a resounding "No!" to parties backing austerity measures. The Irish could be next to give ...
Greek president in last-ditch coalition effort
Greece's president will meet with political party leaders Sunday in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another ...
French far-left, far-right heads to run for 1 seat
The leaders of France's far-left and far-right parties will run for the same seat in parliamentary elections next month, pitting charismatic former ...
Greek govt talks fail, country closer to new vote
Deeply divided over the value of austerity measures, Greece's wrangling politicians have failed to form a new coalition government, leaving only one ...
Algerian Islamists fall to govt party in election
Islamists suffered a surprising defeat in Algeria's parliamentary elections, bucking a trend that saw them gain power across North Africa after Arab ...
Algerian vote touted as fair, but voters apathetic
Less than half of Algeria's registered voters turned out for parliamentary elections Thursday, for a contest billed by authorities as the freest in ...
Greek Socialist head: 'Good omen' for coalition
Greece's Socialist party leader says the chances are good for a coalition that will end the crisis-hit country's post-election deadlock. Hours after ...
Greece deeper in impasse as new gov't talks fail
A second round of talks to form a coalition government in Greece has collapsed, with the country's future in the euro and commitment to its ...
New Israeli coalition confronts first challenge
A controversial practice that has allowed tens of thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men to avoid compulsory military service has emerged as a looming ...
Deal reached to form new govt in Serbia
Pro-European Union Democrats and Socialists reached an agreement on Wednesday to form a new coalition government in Serbia, after an election that ...
Annan warns Syria at risk of civil war
World powers share a "profound concern" that Syria could descend into civil war, international envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday, but nations remain ...
Netanyahu emerges as strongman with unity deal
Now backed by a parliamentary supermajority, Benjamin Netanyahu has tremendous room to maneuver on Israel's most pressing issues: peace with the ...
Anti-bailout party leads Greek coalition talks
The head of a left-wing party opposed to the terms of Greece's bailout got the mandate Tuesday to try to form a new government after an election ...
Syria tallies ballots from parliament elections
Syria said counting was under way Tuesday after parliamentary elections that the opposition boycotted and the U.S. described as bordering on ludicrous