Elections

Elections

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  NJ governor asked to apologize for race remark

  Republican Gov. Chris Christie has been asked to apologize for referring to the first black female leader of the state Assembly by race and gender, ... 

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  Republicans: Searching for their Mr. or Mrs. Right

  Tired of election defeats, conservatives are searching for their next Mr. or Mrs. Right. They say they want a leader brash enough to protect ... 

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  Last-minute snag stalls Israeli coalition deal

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a deal Thursday to form a new coalition government, but a last-minute snag over the title of his new ... 

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  Online war erupts in Kenya after peaceful vote

  Tribal lines are being drawn over who won Kenya's presidential election. But unlike the bloody violence that scarred the country five years ago, this ... 

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  Ex-prosecutor: Int'l court cases changed Kenya

  The former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor said Thursday that cases he launched prosecuting violence after Kenya's 2007 elections were ... 

• Conservative leader says GOP must broaden appeal

  As the GOP struggles to broaden its appeal, the head of the American Conservative Union declared Thursday that the Republican Party is not a home for ... 

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  Fla. charity probe to next focus on campaign money

  The next phase of an investigation into a veterans charity accused of being a front for a $300 million gambling operation will focus on the hundreds ... 

• Australia gets first Aboriginal government leader

  Australia has its first Aboriginal leader of a provincial government, a development welcomed by the prime minister as a historic moment for the ... 

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  Myanmar villagers unhappy that Suu Kyi backs mine

  Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with rare public scorn while trying to justify an official report endorsing continued operation of a copper ... 

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  Obama to group: Activate people for my agenda

  Reuniting with supporters and top-tier donors who fueled his re-election victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a grass-roots group ... 

• Chavez death: Venezuelans in US ready for election

  Ramon Perez traveled 16 hours by bus from Miami to New Orleans to vote last October in a Venezuelan presidential election won by Hugo Chavez. 

• House passes bill forbidding welfare waivers

  Renewing a political fight from last year's presidential campaign, House Republicans passed a bill Wednesday that would prevent the Obama ... 

• House Democrats recruiting moderates for '14 bids

  Wanted: moderate Democrats. Contact the mostly liberal House Democratic leadership if interested. Democrats hope to take back the House of ... 

• Egypt: Morsi's government appeals vote suspension

  A government legal agency representing Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi appealed on Wednesday the court-ordered suspension of a controversial ... 

• Zimbabwe election body won't ease group's ban

  Zimbabwe's official election body said Wednesday it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum ... 

• EU lawmakers reject $1.3tn budget proposal

  The European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for the European Union's €960 billion ($1.3 trillion) budget Wednesday, in the latest ... 

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  Papal conclave steep in Catholic mystery

  The papal conclave is steeped in mystery — and the church likes it that way. Elaborate ritual and veils of secrecy, after all, are fundamental to the ... 

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  McConnell seeks to capitalize on attacks on wife

  It isn't Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell who comes out swinging in his first TV ad of his 2014 re-election campaign. It's his wife, former U. 

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  Colorado lawmakers OK civil unions for gay couples

  Colorado lawmakers took a historic vote to approve civil unions for gay couples Tuesday, delivering on a campaign promise from Democrats who have ... 

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  Sen. McConnell to begin airing first TV, radio ads

  U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, facing a potential challenge from actress Ashley Judd and taking no chances even with his re-election more than 18 months ... 

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  George P. Bush running for Texas land commissioner

  George Prescott Bush filed the official paperwork Tuesday to run for Texas land commissioner next year, hoping to use a little-known but powerful post ... 

• Perez testimony questioned on Panther case

  Justice Department official Thomas Perez gave incomplete testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights when he said the department's political ... 

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  Israel's ultra-Orthodox suddenly are outsiders

  As Israel's new government takes shape, the country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewish political parties seem poised to find themselves in unfamiliar ... 

• Zimbabwe groups plan to boycott vote monitoring

  Scores of in independent civic, pro-democracy and rights groups said Tuesday they will boycott monitoring upcoming voting for a referendum on a new ... 

• Bulgaria appoints a caretaker government

  A diplomat was appointed as Bulgaria's interim prime minister on Tuesday to lead a caretaker government until a national election is held in May. U.S.